What is the difference between PDO and MySQLi prepared statements?

Question

What is the difference between these two prepared statements?

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Answer 1

The difference is below:-

1. Mysqli is only for the MySQL database. PDO supports other database using the same functions.

2. Mysqli can be used in either an object-oriented style or a procedural style. PDO is always object-oriented.

3. Mysqli supports prepared statements with ? placeholders for parameters. PDO supports both ? placeholders and also named placeholders, like :columnName.

4. Mysqli requires that you use a function to bind each parameter value to the prepared statement. PDO also allows you to simply pass an array of parameter values as you execute the prepared statement.