PHP/MySQL Database/mysql unbuffered query

Unbuffered Queries for Large Data Sets

 
<?php 
            mysql_connect("localhost", "php", "password");
            mysql_select_db("phpdb");
            $result = mysql_unbuffered_query("SELECT ID, Name FROM conferences;");
            while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
                    extract($row, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, "conf");
                    print "$conf_Name\n";
            }
    ?>