Is mySQLI the sameDBMS as mySQL

but you are just talking to it differently?

[Baruch Menachem]

I have yet to get moving with Sqli on my practice stuff. I just have a few questions on it.

First, Do I have to do anything with my underlying database? It is just a new way of conversing with the basic database, correct?

have to change all my scripts, or just the ones that use sqli functionality?

In other words, since I have like 20 different scripts that talk to the one database, I have to change all of them to sqli, including the connection script.

[coopster]

The "i" stands for "improved" and yes, it is an entirely new API. The API will work with ... I believe it is MySQL 4.1 and newer, but you should double check their site to be certain.

You can have both mysql and mysqli functions operational in PHP at the same time for the same database but the mysqli functions are the future.

This post on The MySQL Native Driver [webmasterworld.com] from last year will be worth a read.