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# Original MySQL API

- Introduction
- Installing/Configuring
  - Requirements
  - Installation
  - Runtime Configuration
  - Resource Types
- Changelog
- Predefined Constants
- Examples
  - MySQL extension overview example
- MySQL Functions
  - mysql_affected_rows — Get number of affected rows in previous MySQL operation
  - mysql_client_encoding — Returns the name of the character set
  - mysql_close — Close MySQL connection
  - mysql_connect — Open a connection to a MySQL Server
  - mysql_create_db — Create a MySQL database
  - mysql_data_seek — Move internal result pointer
  - mysql_db_name — Retrieves database name from the call to mysql_list_dbs
  - mysql_db_query — Selects a database and executes a query on it
  - mysql_drop_db — Drop (delete) a MySQL database
  - mysql_errno — Returns the numerical value of the error message from previous MySQL operation
  - mysql_error — Returns the text of the error message from previous MySQL operation
  - mysql_escape_string — Escapes a string for use in a mysql_query
  - mysql_fetch_array — Fetch a result row as an associative array, a numeric array, or both
  - mysql_fetch_assoc — Fetch a result row as an associative array
  - mysql_fetch_field — Get column information from a result and return as an object
  - mysql_fetch_lengths — Get the length of each output in a result
  - mysql_fetch_object — Fetch a result row as an object
  - mysql_fetch_row — Get a result row as an enumerated array
  - mysql_field_flags — Get the flags associated with the specified field in a result
  - mysql_field_len — Returns the length of the specified field
  - mysql_field_name — Get the name of the specified field in a result
  - mysql_field_seek — Set result pointer to a specified field offset
  - mysql_field_table — Get name of the table the specified field is in
  - mysql_field_type — Get the type of the specified field in a result
  - mysql_free_result — Free result memory
  - mysql_get_client_info — Get MySQL client info
  - mysql_get_host_info — Get MySQL host info
  - mysql_get_proto_info — Get MySQL protocol info
  - mysql_get_server_info — Get MySQL server info
  - mysql_info — Get information about the most recent query
  - mysql_insert_id — Get the ID generated in the last query
  - mysql_list_dbs — List databases available on a MySQL server
  - mysql_list_fields — List MySQL table fields
  - mysql_list_processes — List MySQL processes
  - mysql_list_tables — List tables in a MySQL database
  - mysql_num_fields — Get number of fields in result
  - mysql_num_rows — Get number of rows in result
  - mysql_pconnect — Open a persistent connection to a MySQL server
  - mysql_ping — Ping a server connection or reconnect if there is no connection
  - mysql_query — Send a MySQL query
  - mysql_real_escape_string — Escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement
  - mysql_result — Get result data
  - mysql_select_db — Select a MySQL database
  - mysql_set_charset — Sets the client character set
  - mysql_stat — Get current system status
  - mysql_tablename — Get table name of field
  - mysql_thread_id — Return the current thread ID
  - mysql_unbuffered_query — Send an SQL query to MySQL without fetching and buffering the result rows.

Character sets
Introduction
MySQL
PHP Manual