diff --git a/reference/mysql/book.xml b/reference/mysql/book.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..316b685b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/mysql/book.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- Purpose: database.vendors -->
+<!-- Membership: bundled, external -->
+ 
+<book xml:id="book.mysql" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ <title>MySQL</title>
+ 
+ <!-- {{{ preface -->
+ <preface xml:id="intro.mysql">
+  &reftitle.intro;
+  <para>
+   These functions allow you to access MySQL database servers.
+   More information about MySQL can be found at <link
+   xlink:href="&url.mysql;">&url.mysql;</link>.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   Documentation for MySQL can be found at <link
+   xlink:href="&url.mysql.docs;">&url.mysql.docs;</link>.
+  </para>
+ </preface>
+ <!-- }}} -->
+ 
+ &reference.mysql.setup;
+ &reference.mysql.constants;
+ &reference.mysql.examples;
+ &reference.mysql.reference;
+
+</book>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+
diff --git a/reference/mysql/constants.xml b/reference/mysql/constants.xml
index 2b3f60c80f..ef2cddee50 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/constants.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/constants.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
-<section xml:id="mysql.constants" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<appendix xml:id="mysql.constants" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  &reftitle.constants;
  &extension.constants;
  <para>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
    </tgroup>
   </table>
  </para>
-</section>
+</appendix>
 
 <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
 Local variables:
diff --git a/reference/mysql/examples.xml b/reference/mysql/examples.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b061282ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/mysql/examples.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+
+<chapter xml:id="mysql.examples" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ &reftitle.examples;
+ <section xml:id="mysql.examples-basic">
+  <para>
+   This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print
+   resulting rows and disconnect from a MySQL database.
+   <example>
+    <title>MySQL extension overview example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+// Connecting, selecting database
+$link = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')
+    or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
+echo 'Connected successfully';
+mysql_select_db('my_database') or die('Could not select database');
+
+// Performing SQL query
+$query = 'SELECT * FROM my_table';
+$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());
+
+// Printing results in HTML
+echo "<table>\n";
+while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
+    echo "\t<tr>\n";
+    foreach ($line as $col_value) {
+        echo "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n";
+    }
+    echo "\t</tr>\n";
+}
+echo "</table>\n";
+
+// Free resultset
+mysql_free_result($result);
+
+// Closing connection
+mysql_close($link);
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </section>
+</chapter>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+
diff --git a/reference/mysql/reference.xml b/reference/mysql/reference.xml
index 8c4c3132a2..376c1059d1 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/reference.xml
@@ -1,49 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
-<!-- Purpose: database.vendors -->
-<!-- Membership: bundled, external -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.25 $ -->
 
  <reference xml:id="ref.mysql" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
-  <title>MySQL Functions</title>
-  <titleabbrev>MySQL</titleabbrev>
+  <title>MySQL &Functions;</title>
 
   <partintro>
-   <section xml:id="mysql.intro">
-    &reftitle.intro;
-    <para>
-     These functions allow you to access MySQL database servers.
-     More information about MySQL can be found at <link
-     xlink:href="&url.mysql;">&url.mysql;</link>.
-    </para>
-    <para>
-     Documentation for MySQL can be found at <link
-     xlink:href="&url.mysql.docs;">&url.mysql.docs;</link>.
-    </para>
-   </section>
-
-   <section xml:id="mysql.requirements">
-    &reftitle.required;
-    <para>
-     In order to have these functions available, you must compile PHP with
-     MySQL support.
-    </para>
-   </section>
-    
-    &reference.mysql.configure;
-
-    &reference.mysql.ini;
-
-   <section xml:id="mysql.resources">
-   &reftitle.resources;
-    <para>
-     There are two resource types used in the MySQL module. The first one
-     is the link identifier for a database connection, the second a resource
-     which holds the result of a query.
-    </para>
-   </section>
-
-   &reference.mysql.constants;
-    
    <section xml:id="mysql.notes">
    &reftitle.notes;
     <note>
@@ -56,49 +17,6 @@
      </para>
     </note>
    </section>
-
-   <section xml:id="mysql.examples">
-   &reftitle.examples;
-    <para>
-     This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print
-     resulting rows and disconnect from a MySQL database.
-     <example>
-      <title>MySQL extension overview example</title>
-      <programlisting role="php">
-<![CDATA[
-<?php
-// Connecting, selecting database
-$link = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')
-    or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
-echo 'Connected successfully';
-mysql_select_db('my_database') or die('Could not select database');
-
-// Performing SQL query
-$query = 'SELECT * FROM my_table';
-$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());
-
-// Printing results in HTML
-echo "<table>\n";
-while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
-    echo "\t<tr>\n";
-    foreach ($line as $col_value) {
-        echo "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n";
-    }
-    echo "\t</tr>\n";
-}
-echo "</table>\n";
-
-// Free resultset
-mysql_free_result($result);
-
-// Closing connection
-mysql_close($link);
-?>
-]]>
-      </programlisting>
-     </example>
-    </para>
-   </section>
   </partintro>
 
 &reference.mysql.entities.functions;
@@ -125,3 +43,4 @@ vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
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 vi: ts=1 sw=1
 -->
+
diff --git a/reference/mysql/setup.xml b/reference/mysql/setup.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ca2537dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/mysql/setup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+
+<chapter xml:id="mysql.setup" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ &reftitle.setup;
+
+ <!-- {{{ Requirements -->
+ <section xml:id="mysql.requirements">
+  &reftitle.required;
+  <para>
+   In order to have these functions available, you must compile PHP with
+   MySQL support.
+  </para>
+ </section>
+ <!-- }}} -->
+
+ <!-- {{{ Installation -->
+ &reference.mysql.configure;
+ <!-- }}} -->
+
+ <!-- {{{ Configuration -->
+ &reference.mysql.ini;
+ <!-- }}} -->
+
+ <!-- {{{ Resources -->
+ <section xml:id="mysql.resources">
+  &reftitle.resources;
+  <para>
+   There are two resource types used in the MySQL module. The first one
+   is the link identifier for a database connection, the second a resource
+   which holds the result of a query.
+  </para>
+ </section>
+ <!-- }}} -->
+
+</chapter>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+