MySQLi extention?

[lambada]

Looks like the mysqli extension isn't on the main free server. Any chance it could be?

Many thanks

lambada

[Micro]

You shouldn't need it. MySQLi is for MySQL 4.1 + password authentication, which i believe, our server does not need (It is set to 4.0 password authentication)...

[lambada]

According to
http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php

MySQL

Although this MySQL extension is compatible with MySQL 4.1.0 and greater, it doesn't support the extra functionality that these versions provide. For that, use the MySQLi extension.

Hence why I code with the mysqli extension.

EDIT:
also from
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php/

What is the difference between the mysql and mysqli extensions for PHP?

The mysql extension does not support the full functionality of MySQL versions greater than 4.1.0, such as Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Precision Math and much more. In order to use all functions of the latest MySQL Server Releases you have to use the mysqli extension that is available as of PHP 5.0.

The main features of the mysqli extension are:

* access to all MySQL 4.1/5.0 features
* a procedural interface that is similar to the mysql extensions
* an object-oriented interface that is easier to extend than the procedural interface

[Bryon]

I'll compile it in soon.