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Connecting to MySQL

PHP and MySQL are two different technologies that have found favor in the community of web developers based on their combined strength. This of course has given rise to both technologies finding great success in the marketplace that they may not have enjoyed otherwise. Those responsible for the two technologies have worked hard to provide the end users easy to use interfaces and technologies to ensure that the integration of the two are smooth and support the creation of next generation websites. User Privileges MySQL has a very strong authentication system that allows multiple security levels for each user that can access the server. MySQL's highly effective security system can cause headaches for those trying to break into the data, but likewise can cause headaches for those that are authorized to access the data. MySQL sees any requests from PHP in the same way that it sees requests from any other API (such as the mysql client or MySQL Query Browser) and will requir