MySQL
Terminology overview
MySQL
PHP Manual

# Overview of the MySQL PHP drivers

# Introduction

There are three PHP APIs for accessing the MySQL database. This guide explains the terminology used to describe each API, information about choosing which API to use, and also information to help choose which MySQL library to use with the API.

- Terminology overview
- Choosing an API
- Choosing a library
- Concepts
  - Buffered and Unbuffered queries
  - Character sets

MySQL
Terminology overview
MySQL
PHP Manual