Why such old version is reported ?
Normally I was having 5.5.30 when using MySQL
[root@nowosci /]# php -i | grep 'Client API'
Client API version => 5.0.92
Client API library version => 5.0.92
Client API header version => 5.0.95
Client API version => 5.0.92
and normal MySQL:
[root@mysql ~]# php -i | grep 'Client API'
Client API version => 5.5.30
Client API library version => 5.5.30
Client API header version => 5.5.30
Client API version => 5.5.30
I've managed to get PHP version from remi repo working with MariaDB by replacing /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so, mysqli.so, pdo_mysql.so