Is mysqli authentication encrypted in php?

Question

PHP

Is the transmission of authentication data encrypted when establishing a connection to a remote database in php when using mysqli?

$mysqli = new mysqli("example.com", "user", "password", "database");

upd. When establishing a connection to a remote database, are the user/password transfers for accessing the remote database transmitted in the clear or encrypted, so you don't have to worry that someone will intercept them?

Answer 1

The workbench passes the hash instead of the password - I see no reason for mysqli to do otherwise.

Answer 2

for encryption use mysqli::real_connect