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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] deprecating ext/mysql
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

hi,

As I would love to kill ext/mysql, it is up to the mysql developers to deci=
de.

Cheers,

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org> wrote:
> Greetings PHP geeks,
>
> Don't panic! This is not a proposal to add errors or remove this popular =
extension. Not yet anyway, because it's too popular to do that now.
>
> The documentation team is discussing the database security situation, and=
 educating users to move away from the commonly used ext/mysql extension is=
 part of this.
>
> This proposal only deals with education, and requests permission to offic=
ially convince people to stop using this old extension. This means:
>
> =A0- Add notes that refer to it as deprecated
> =A0- Recommend and link alternatives
> =A0- Include examples of alternatives
>
> There are two alternative extensions: pdo_mysql and mysqli, with PDO bein=
g the PHP way and main focus of future endeavors. Right? Please don't digre=
ss into the PDO v2 fiasco here.
>
> What this means to ext/mysql:
>
> =A0- Softly deprecate ext/mysql with education (docs) starting today
> =A0- Not adding E_DEPRECATED errors in 5.4, but revisit for 5.5/6.0
> =A0- Add pdo_mysql examples within the ext/mysql docs that mimic the curr=
ent
> =A0 examples, but occasionally introduce features like prepared statement=
s
> =A0- Focus energy on cleaning up the pdo_mysql and mysqli documentation
> =A0- Create a general "The MySQL situation" document that explains the si=
tuation
>
> The PHP community has been recommending alternatives for several years no=
w, so hopefully this won't be a new concept or shock to most users.
>
> Regards,
> Philip
>
>
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Pierre

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