Use the PHP extension for MySQL to access data from the MySQL database.

Hibernate 5 has updated dialects for various databases, and MySQL 8 has a special one of its own. Here's an example hibernate.cfg.xml for MySQL 8 for Hibernate 5 apps or newer.

Hibernate MySQL persistence XML file As MySQL installations continue to migrate and evolve to newer versions, the online JPA and Hibernate 5 tutorials haven’t kept up with quite as much vigor. As a ...

MySQL is the second most popular database in use, according the DB-Engines Ranking, and is a key element of the LAMP — Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP — open-source web development stack.