Is possible to enable MySQL Native Driver (mysqlnd)?
mysqli, mysqlnd, php
Solution
`mysqldnd` is a library that provides MySQL-connectivity to `mysql_*`, `mysqli_*` and PDO functions/methods.
Those three extensions are compiled either with `mysqlnd`, or with `libmysql` ; and cannot be compiled using both at the same time : they use one library, or the other. This means the only way to switch between `libmysql` and `mysqlnd` is to re-compile PHP (or, at least, the mysqli extension, in your case) ; or to install a version of it that is compiled against the library you want.
Basically, this can only be done by the administrator of your server -- so, in your case, you seem to be stuck with `libmysql` ; even if it lacks some interesting features.
Once again, using an hosting service with which you are not administrator has advantages (less maintenance for you, you probably pay less), but you are not able to do whatever you want with "your" server.
Problem
Possible Duplicate: Call to undefined method mysqli_stmt::get_result My web host has PHP 5.3.10 and I'm using `mysqli`, but some functions like `get_result()` doesn't work because it needs `mysqlnd`. I made some tests and appears that `mysqlnd` isn't used. Is possible to enable it or is needed to reinstall PHP (I can't do this because is a web hosting). I don't want to change my code to work without it.