<p>MariaDB is a &quot;drop-in&quot; replacement for MySQL and Craft/PHP/PDO treats them as identical 99.99% of the time.</p>
<p>Craft gets the information about which database/version is being used directly from <a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PDO</a> and since there isn't a specific MariaDB PDO driver, the MySQL is used and that is what is reported back.</p>

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2021-03-12T04:54:44.970Z
Thanks for the info. I'm wondering about the version 5.5. Wouldn't MariaDB 10.5 not be more like MySQL 8.0?
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2021-03-11T23:34:17.060Z
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<p>The server I'm running Craft installations on just got an upgrade to Ubuntu 20 with MariaDB 10.5 Before MySql 5.7 was used.</p>
<p>When I look at the System Report in the Craft CP, it says: Database driver &amp; version    MySQL 5.5.5
When I look at phpMyAdmin it says: &quot;Server-Version: 10.5.6-MariaDB-1:10.5.6+maria~focal-log - mariadb.org binary distribution&quot;</p>
<p>Why is it showing MySQL 5.5.5 in the System Report?</p>

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Database driver & version after server upgrade
# Database driver & version after server upgrade

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-11)

The server I'm running Craft installations on just got an upgrade to Ubuntu 20 with MariaDB 10.5 Before MySql 5.7 was used.

When I look at the System Report in the Craft CP, it says: Database driver & version MySQL 5.5.5
When I look at phpMyAdmin it says: "Server-Version: 10.5.6-MariaDB-1:10.5.6+maria~focal-log - mariadb.org binary distribution"

Why is it showing MySQL 5.5.5 in the System Report?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-03-11. Score: 0

MariaDB is a "drop-in" replacement for MySQL and Craft/PHP/PDO treats them as identical 99.99% of the time.

Craft gets the information about which database/version is being used directly from [PDO](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php) and since there isn't a specific MariaDB PDO driver, the MySQL is used and that is what is reported back.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for the info. I'm wondering about the version 5.5. Wouldn't MariaDB 10.5 not be more like MySQL 8.0?  

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