getting error when connecting from CI to mysql RDS

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5002...ng-sha2-pa

Thanks. I am using php 5.6. And I did see that stackoverflow. I just think that modifying the AWS RDS install is "playing with fire". I was hoping there was some simple way to modify the call from CI.

Honestly I don't even know how to login to mysql running on RDS? Is that doable from my CLI or do I need to install and SSH client to even connect?

You can change php version.