Is there MariaDB or MySQL in XAMPP?

Question

I've downloaded and installed XAMPP 5.6.15 for Windows.

When I click on "what's included?" it says it comes with MariaDB 10.1.9. But in its root directory there is a folder mysql, but no mariadb.

Also when I execute:

echo $_SERVER["MYSQL_HOME"];

I get:

\xampp\mysql\bin

So I assume it still comes with MySQL instead of MariaDB?

Answer 1

MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL so you will see some folders with mysql as name but MariaDB behind it. See https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/ as well...