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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PDO subclass names
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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:58:05 -0300
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To: Arvids Godjuks <arvids.godjuks@gmail.com>
From: calvin@cmpct.info (Calvin Buckley)

On Apr 30, 2024, at 8:07=E2=80=AFAM, Arvids Godjuks =
<arvids.godjuks@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 at 12:07, Matteo Beccati <php@beccati.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
>=20
> > If MariaDB wants to maintain a specific PDO Driver they can do so=20
> > themselves and publish it on PECL, same as how CUBRID (and others) =
does=20
> > currently.
>=20
> That is true, however it's mysqlnd the part that deals with the =
network=20
> protocol, which they wouldn't be able to modify from PECL. That said,=20=

> I'm not an expert on mysql/maria, but I also doubt the changes are=20
> significant enough that they need a separate driver.
>=20
>  I wasn't proposing rolling a separate driver or anything like that, =
just an alias that would reserve a namespace for MariaDB and if there's =
ever a need to actually roll the driver, that alias be replaced with =
actual driver.
> The thing is at this point MySQL and MariaDB have a different set of =
additional capabilities that are not compatible between the two. =
Doctrine, at this point, actually makes a distinction between MariaDB =
and MySQL - those are considered different databases.
> This would allow people to use MariaDB and MySQL-specific =
functionality by using the respective driver namespace and remove any =
confusion about if this works with both or only one of them.
>=20
> I know it seems to be out of scope, but this deals with PDO subclass =
names and this seems to be a thing to consider here. Sure, we can have a =
separate RFC about it, but I think this is the right moment to handle =
this question.
>=20

Has the network protocol diverged much? I know storage engines, query =
language, etc. might change, but the underlying protocol might be =
similar.=