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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Make mysqlnd default over libmysql in 5.4
From: ulf.wendel@phpdoc.de (Ulf Wendel)

Am 02.09.2011 22:17, schrieb Lester Caine:
> Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
>> I was actually going to suggest doing this in 5.4 and trunk but didn't
>> get around to writing the email yet.
>
> It would still be nice to be able to simply switch off MySQL for those
> of us who do not have it installed ...
> It gets annoying when PHP forces the installation of MySQL in a
> distribution and then prevents disabling it. It is another example of
> why a more modular approach does make sense!

Lester,

do I understand that you are afraid of a PHP which comes with MySQL 
support that cannot be disabled?

I don't think the proposal goes like that. The proposal is to change the 
default library, if not set during compile, used by the MySQL 
extensions, if enabled, from libmysql to mysqlnd. This is independent of 
the questions:

  - if any MySQL extension shall be enabled by default
  - if PHP can be built without MySQL support

And, I said it in the other email, this is no attempt to remove libmysql 
support.

I may be wrong but your concern - as valid as it is - seems a bit off 
topic, no?

Ulf