# PDO_MYSQL DSN

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PDO_MYSQL DSN — Connecting to MySQL databases

### Description

The PDO_MYSQL Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:

DSN prefix

  The DSN prefix is `mysql:` .

`host`

  The hostname on which the database server resides.

`port`

  The port number where the database server is listening.

`dbname`

  The name of the database.

`unix_socket`

  The MySQL Unix socket (shouldn't be used with host or port).

### Examples

Example#1 PDO_MYSQL DSN examples

The following example shows a PDO_MYSQL DSN for connecting to MySQL databases:

    mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb

More complete examples:

    mysql:host=localhost;port=3307;dbname=testdb
    mysql:unix_socket=/tmp/mysql.sock;dbname=testdb