Quit MySQL without it restarting on El Capitan

Question

I\'m running OS X 10.11 El Capitan with its built-in server stack (Apache 2.4.16, MySQL 5.6.26).

I need to quit mysql, but killing the process immediately restarts i

Answer 1

I found that the following commands worked for me:

To Stop mysql:

sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist

To Start mysql:

sudo launchctl load -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist