Opinion: Not to pick on MySQL or anything, but does it really makes sense to compare it to the light versions of proprietary databases? I thought not, but MySQL users say I'm all wet.

MySQL is the clear category leader in open-source databases; it's the "M" in the LAMP stack that also includes Linux, the Apache Web server, and the Python, Perl, and PHP scripting languages.

MySQL is the second most popular database in use, according the DB-Engines Ranking, and is a key element of the LAMP — Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP — open-source web development stack.

MySQL is a popular open source database and one of the top relational databases-and with good reason. It is an extremely feature-rich and powerful database platform. With all its positives, however, ...

PlanetScale is a MySQL-compatible, serverless database platform powered by Vitess, which is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL (as well as Percona and MariaDB).

Use the PHP extension for MySQL to access data from the MySQL database.

1. Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Open-source advocates feared that Oracle, which gained ownership of the open-source MySQL database through its acquisition of Sun ...

Securing your MySQL installation isn't difficult. Find out how to easily harden MySQL with one command. Chances are, your data center depends upon a MySQL database server or two.

Get up to speed on MySQL basics with this step-by-step tutorial on how to create a database, add a table, and input data into the table.

One of the tasks nearly any sysadmin frequently encounters is the care and feeding of the MySQL database server. You can build an entire career around nothing but this topic—making you a DB ...