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Relational database management systems

Relational database management systems

Learn what the most common relational databases in PHP are.

We can work with relational databases via relational database management systems (RDBMS), which are applications that provide all the functionality to store and manage databases. Here are the three most common ones.

MySQL

MySQL is PHP’s most common database management system. Their website claims it’s “the world’s most popular open-source database.” For our purposes, MySQL has wide support, many instructional ...