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 <reference id="ref.pdo-mysql">
  <title>MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)</title>
  <titleabbrev>MySQL (PDO)</titleabbrev>
  <partintro>

   <section id="pdo-mysql.intro">
   &reftitle.intro;
    <para>
     &warn.experimental;
     PDO_MYSQL is a driver that implements the PHP Data Objects (PDO) interface
     to enable access from PHP to MySQL 3.x and 4.x databases.
    </para>
   </section>
  </partintro>

  <refentry id="ref.pdo-mysql.connection">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>PDO_MYSQL DSN</refname>
    <refpurpose>Connecting to MySQL databases</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>

   <refsect1 role="description">
    &reftitle.description;
    <para>
     The PDO_MYSQL Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:
     <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
       <term>DSN prefix</term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
        The DSN prefix is <userinput>mysql:</userinput>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
       <term><constant>host</constant></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         The hostname on which the database server resides.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
       <term><constant>dbname</constant></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         The name of the database.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1 role="examples">
    &reftitle.examples;
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>PDO_MYSQL DSN examples</title>
      <para>
       The following example shows a PDO_MYSQL DSN for connecting to
       MySQL databases:
       <programlisting><![CDATA[
mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb
]]>
       </programlisting>
      </para>
     </example>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

 </reference>
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