How to Call a Stored Procedure From PHP in MySQL. Stored procedures provide PHP programmers with pre-programmed database applications that retrieve and edit MySQL records.

Stored Procedures Vs. Prepared Statements in PHP and MySQL. The PHP development language provides you with a "prepare" function to send a prepared statement to a SQL database.

MySQL does not support stored procedures, till date. But the forthcoming version 5 will support them.

Stored procedures in MySQL 5.0 are based on the SQL: 2003 standard for syntax, data structures, and retrieval processes of SQL databases.

Upgrades All Around There are four major new features in MySQL 5.0: stored procedures, views, security upgrades, and triggers.