title: MySQL versus PDO
body: <p>I'm fairly new to PHP and have built a medium sized website using standard MySQL database calls. However, I have recently learned about PDO and I am hoping to find out from the community if it is worth switching from MySQL over to PDO. For security I have been using <code>mysql_real_escape_string</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Info about the site:<br>
  I'm using a mix of <code>INSERT</code> and <code>SELECT</code> calls. The data returned from <code>SELECT</code> calls isn't massive (no more than 30 records returned by using <code>LIMIT</code>). There will also not be a whole lot of <code>INSERT</code>s. The site is currently not live and so making changes now is easy.</p>
  
  <p>In your professional opinions, is it worth my time to switch the site over to PDO from MySQL?  Or is staying with MySQL just as good? Or in other words, what would be the reason, if any, to switch to PDO now?</p>