MySQLi module

The MySQLi module provides the connection between Drupal and a MySQL, MariaDB or equivalent database. It has no UI or user configurable options.  It is currently experimental and not meant for use in production.

To use MySQLi change settings.php as follows, changing the database, username, passwords, and host to suit your environment.

$databases['default']['default'] = array (
  'database' => 'db',
  'username' => 'db',
  'password' => 'db',
  'host' => 'db', 
  'prefix' => '',
  'driver' => 'mysqli',
  'namespace' => 'Drupal\\mysqli\\Driver\\Database\\mysqli',
  'autoload' => 'core/modules/mysqli/src/Driver/Database/mysqli/',
  'dependencies' => array(
    'mysql' => array(
      'namespace' => 'Drupal\\mysql',
      'autoload' => 'core/modules/mysql/src/',
    ),
  ),
)