PHP PDO vs normal mysql_connect

Question

Should I use php PDO or normal mysql_connect to execute database queries in PHP?

Which one is faster?

One of the big benefits of PDO is that the interface is

Answer 1

• With PDO you can uses binded params and that will prevent most sql injection attacks.
• You can gain more speed using PDO prepared statements.
• standard interface to all db backends
• There are a bunch of useful methods (like the fetch* family)