- Patch #861192 by jhodgdon, chx, sun, David_Rothstein: document that MariaDB works, too.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/includes/database/mysql/install.inc b/includes/database/mysql/install.inc
index f443944d8..59320f4f7 100644
--- a/includes/database/mysql/install.inc
+++ b/includes/database/mysql/install.inc
@@ -6,13 +6,23 @@
  * Installation code for MySQL embedded database engine.
  */
 
-
-// MySQL specific install functions
-
+/**
+ * Specifies installation tasks for MySQL and equivalent databases.
+ */
 class DatabaseTasks_mysql extends DatabaseTasks {
+
+  /**
+   * The PDO driver name for MySQL and equivalent databases.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
   protected $pdoDriver = 'mysql';
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a human-readable name string for MySQL and equivalent databases.
+   */
   public function name() {
-    return 'MySQL';
+    return 'MySQL, MariaDB, or equivalent';
   }
 }