PDO refers to PHP Data Object, which is a PHP extension that defines a quick access database.
Each database driver can expose database-specific features as a regular extension function that implements the PDO interface.
pdo connect to various database like sqlite, mysql, oracle
example of connect to database using PDO
<?php
$dbHost="localhost";
$dbName="myDB";
$dbUser="root";
$dbPassword="";
try{
$dbConn= new PDO("mysql:host=$dbHost;dbname=$dbName",$dbUser,$dbPassword);
Echo "Successfully connected with myDB database";
} catch(Exception $e){
Echo "Connection failed" . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
//above code short as $dbconn = new PDO("localhost","root","","myDB"); no need first five lines.
PDO is good as compare to mysqli , because, it connect with any database, mysqli only connect phpmyadmin mysql.
this PDO connection short and quick connect.
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