What the different between MySQL Native Driver and MySQL Client Library

Question

I want to know the different between MySQL Native Driver and MySQL Client Library and when to use both of them

Answer 1

There is no big difference in the PHP language level.

• libmysqlclient distributed by MySQL, mysqlnd distributed by PHP.
• libmysqlclient is part of MySQL, you need install MySQL library.
• Their license are different.
• mysqlnd supports a lot of plugins (mysqlnd_ms & mysqlnd_qc & ...).
• Because mysqlnd is part of PHP, its memory could be limited by PHP configuration.
• mysqlnd is the default after 5.4

http://php.net/manual/en/mysqlinfo.library.choosing.php