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Probably one of the most powerful features of PHP (next to ease of use) is the ease with which it is possible to access and manipulate MySQL databases from PHP scripts. Without database access many web sites would simply cease to function. Without the built in support for MySQL the task of developing database powered web applications would be formidable task. As we have demonstrated in this chapter, PHP makes MySQL database access fast and easy. PHP essentially does all the work of communicating with the database server for us. All we need to do is write the SQL commands to pass to MySQL and PHP does the rest.