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From: php@beccati.com (Matteo Beccati)

Hi,

Il 29/04/2024 15:10, Gina P. Banyard ha scritto:
> 
> On Tuesday, 23 April 2024 at 15:59, Arvids Godjuks 
> <arvids.godjuks@gmail.com> wrote:
>> A thought crossed my mind, considering that MariaDB and MySQL are 
>> drifting more and more apart with features and nuances of how they 
>> work, would it be a good idea to create an alias to MySQL PDO driver 
>> under MariaDB name so we can create a MariaDB specific implementation 
>> down the road and so people can use DB specific features right away 
>> and not be confused why there are errors between those 2 if someone 
>> swaps one for the other.
> 
> IMHO, this is out of scope for this proposal.

Yes, indeed.


> If MariaDB wants to maintain a specific PDO Driver they can do so 
> themselves and publish it on PECL, same as how CUBRID (and others) does 
> currently.

That is true, however it's mysqlnd the part that deals with the network 
protocol, which they wouldn't be able to modify from PECL. That said, 
I'm not an expert on mysql/maria, but I also doubt the changes are 
significant enough that they need a separate driver.


Cheers
-- 
Matteo Beccati

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