MySQL Features

MySQL-based databases are the default in xAMP server installs and come with most pre-built DreamFactory installs. The MySQL service type can connect to local or remote MySQL-based servers.

Requirements

• PHP extensions mysqlnd (preferred, but mysql will also work) and pdo_mysql are required to be installed (by default with most php installs) or compiled in. Check here for installation help.

Configuration

• host - String. Required. The name of the database host, i.e. localhost, 192.168.1.1, etc.
• port - Integer. Optional. The number of the database host port, internally defaults to 3306.
• database - String. Required. The name of the database to connect to on the given server. This can be a lookup key.
• username - String. Optional. The name of the database user. This can be a lookup key.
• password - String. Optional. The password for the database user. This can be a lookup key.
• default_schema_only - Boolean. Defaults to false. Do not include other schemas/databases on this server regardless of permissions given to the supplied credentials.
• charset - String. Optional. The character set to use for this connection, internally defaults to utf8.
• collation - String. Optional. The character set collation to use for this connection, i.e. utf8_unicode_ci
• timezone - String. Optional. Set the timezone for this connection.
• modes - String. Optional. Connection session modes to set. Use comma-delimited string, or set 'strict' below.
• strict - Boolean. Defaults to false. Enable strict session mode.
• unix_socket - String. Optional. The name of the socket if socket connection is desired. Do not use with host and port.
• options - Object. Optional. A name-value array of driver-specific connection options.
• attributes - Object. Optional. A key-value array of attributes to be set after connection. For further information, see http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.setattribute.php.
• statements - Array of Strings. Optional. An array of additional SQL statements to run during connection initialization.