Difference between MYSQLI/PDO for bind query From the point of view of performance / safety, it is better to use PDO or mysqli for queries with bind?
mysqli or PDO - what are the pros and cons? In our place we're split between using mysqli and PDO for stuff like prepared statements and transaction support. Some projects use one, some the other. There is little realistic likelihood of us ever moving to another RDBMS.  I prefer PDO for the single reason that it allows named parameters for prepared statements, and as far as I am aware mysqli does not.  Are there any other pros and cons to choosing one over the other as a standard as we consolidate our projects to use just one approach?
Matlab arrays operation Olympiad Inequality $\sum\limits_{cyc} \frac{x^4}{8x^3+5y^3} \geqslant \frac{x+y+z}{13}$ $x,y,z &gt;0$, prove   $$\frac{x^4}{8x^3+5y^3}+\frac{y^4}{8y^3+5z^3}+\frac{z^4}{8z^3+5x^3} \geqslant \frac{x+y+z}{13}$$   Note: Often Stack Exchange asked to show some work before answering the question. This inequality was used as a proposal problem for National TST of an Asian country a few years back. However, upon receiving the official solution, the committee decided to drop this problem immediately. They don't believe that any students can solve this problem in 3 hour time frame.   Update 1: In this forum, somebody said  that BW is the only solution for this problem, which to the best of my knowledge is wrong. This problem is listed as "coffin problems" in my country. The official solution is very elementary and elegant.   Update 2: Although there are some solutions (or partial solution) based on numerical method, I am more interested in the approach with "pencil and papers." I think the approach by  in  may help.    Update 3: Michael has tried to apply Peter Scholze's method but not found the solution yet.  Update 4: Symbolic expanding with computer is employed and verify the inequality. However, detail solution that not involved computer has not been found. Whoever can solve this inequality using high school math knowledge will be considered as the "King of Inequality". How to change the shadow color in Blender Cycles? I want to change the color of the shadow casting by a cube to green. While it's very easy to do it in Blender Internal (you select the lamp, go to the Lamp data header and change the shadow's color in the Shadow panel) in Cycles there're no such options. How to achieve it in Cycles? Explicit vs implicit SQL joins Resizing Mac OS partition - macOS High Sierra "No, I didn't see him" vs "Yes, I didn't see him" Bob didn't come to office today.  I was asked "Didn't you see Bob today?"  Should I say "Yes, I didn't see him today" or "No, I didn't see him today"? I'm looking into developing an ordering app for a potential client. The main part that I'm concerned about in this question is the payment mechanism. I would assume that there are already multiple plugins or similar programs out there, but I'm not sure where (or if) I should be asking for recommendations. If we have an implicit surface $g(x, y, z)=...$, the gradient is a normal vector. But why? Do I have to start with tangent vectors and then show the gradient is perpendicular? Not sure how to approach this. Exclude a view from master layout? "is a field and used like a type" error Nature of the quantum degeneracy pressure Does ReLU layer work well for a shallow network? jQuery animate() In Ruby on Rails, how do I format a date with the "th" suffix, as in, "Sun Oct 5th"? I want to display dates in the format: short day of week, short month, day of month without leading zero but including "th", "st", "nd", or "rd" suffix.  For example, the day this question was asked would display "Thu Oct 2nd".  I'm using Ruby 1.8.7, and  just doesn't seem to do this.  I'd prefer a standard library if one exists. Change icon on MATE main menu How can I change the default logo icon to a custom icon by the applications menu in Ubuntu MATE without changing the theme? This is a homework problem and I'm having trouble just getting a basic understanding.  I understand that $S_6$ is a symmetric group of degree $6$.  I'm not sure how to start looking for elements. It's easy to set inline CSS values with javascript. If I want to change the width and I have html like this:  &lt;div style="width: 10px"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   All I need to do is:  document.getElementById('id').style.width = value;   It will change the inline stylesheet values. Normally this isn't a problem, because the inline style overrides the stylesheet. Example:  &lt;style&gt;    #tId {       width: 50%;    } &lt;/style&gt;  &lt;div id="tId"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   Using this Javascript:  document.getElementById('tId').style.width = "30%";   I get the following:  &lt;style&gt;    #tId {       width: 50%;    } &lt;/style&gt;  &lt;div id="tId" style="width: 30%";&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   This is a problem, because not only do I not want to change inline values, If I look for the width before I set it, when I have:  &lt;div id="tId"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   The value returned is Null, so if I have Javascript that needs to know the width of something to do some logic (I increase the width by 1%, not to a specific value), getting back Null when I expect the string "50%" doesn't really work.  So my question: I have values in a CSS style that are not located inline, how can I get these values? How can I modify the style instead of the inline values, given an id? Include external subtitles while converting video with FFmpeg Is it possible to use subtitles from an external file while converting a video with FFmpeg? The file extension of the subtitles is .stl or .vob. We know that Accio spell (aka ) has some limits:   It can be blocked (e.g. Harry couldn't Accio the Diadem in RoR in Deathly Hallows). Many more failures are listed on Wikia.   But what are the exact full rules and limitations governing the spell in Harry Potter world?   Distance?  Line-of-sight?  Knowing exact or approximate location?  Specificity of item (e.g. "Accio Broom" seemed to work for Weasleys in OotP to bring their locked-up brooms - why not just a random broom?) Types of Accio-able stuff? Can you Accio water? Lump of earth? Gases/liquids/etc...? Can you Accio based on jQuery selector (or an SQL where clause), for lack of a better description? E.g. "Accio the book that has the word 'Flammel'"? "Accio biggest green ball from this room"? Can you Accio ALL items of a kind? (the reason I thought of this whole question was seeing "Accio all guns" comment in ). Can you Accio vague stuff? ("Accio meal"). Other rules that can be inferred.   NOTE: While Wikia article has some of the info, it is clearly very lacking in details on specific rules based on specific instances in canon. I'm looking for a fully comprehensive, organized ruleset for the charm, not merely 1-2 tidbits in Wikia article. Now that Unity is gone, the usual way of setting a Compose Key (via Keyboard Preferences > Layout) no longer works (because in Ubuntu 18.04, Devices > Keyboard has no Layout tab).  How do we set a Compose Key in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver?