PHP MySQL library <> MySQL server

Databases
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A lot of the time I do MySQL stuff using custom PHP scripts, mainly because the host’s ACP login hangs so often and I get impatient.

But just now I was able to login to make a simple change using phpMyAdmin.

Imagine my dismay at seeing this:

Your PHP MySQL library version 5.0.32 differs from your MySQL server version 5.1.39. This may cause unpredictable behavior.

Short of me going to the documentation, can anyone provide a summary of what I should be looking out for?

I don’t have anything super-critical like credit cards etc. but my stuff is important to me !

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Well, I took a look at the documentation.

Unfortunately for me. it’s designed for those that actually keep up with version upgrades. Each version release has its own page of changes.

For me to see all the changes, I’d need to look at up to 97 pages!

That’s hardly practical. So I can hope that my host upgrades soon. In the meanwhile, hopefully my error catching will let me know if there’s a problem somewhere. Risky, but I have little choice.