ilizes the old ‘mysql’ PHP extension, known for its aging code base and
many low-level problems. The extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5 and CodeIgniter deprecates
it in version 3.0, switching the default configured MySQL driver to <strong>mysqli</strong>.</p>
<p>Please use either the ‘mysqli’ or ‘pdo/mysql’ drivers for MySQL. The old ‘mysql’ driver will be
removed at some point in the future.</p>
<p>The <strong>sqlite</strong>, <strong>mssql</strong> and <strong>pdo/dblib</strong> (also k