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Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:54:48 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: ext/mysql deprecation
From: aharvey@php.net (Adam Harvey)

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On 16/11/2012 8:58 PM, "Patrick ALLAERT" <patrickallaert@php.net> wrote:
>
> 2012/11/12 Adam Harvey <aharvey@php.net>:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I've written an RFC to cover deprecating ext/mysql in PHP 5.5:
> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mysql_deprecation. While we handled the soft
> > deprecation in the documentation purely via a straw poll on Internals,
> > I presume this will end up needing to go to a vote, hence the RFC.
> >
> > I won't rehash the background overly (there's some more detail in the
> > RFC), other than to note that we've now had deprecation notices on all
> > mysql_* functions in the manual for about six months and that the
> > logical next step is to start generating E_DEPRECATED notices when
> > users connect via mysql_connect(), mysql_pconnect() or the implicit
> > ext/mysql connection routines. It's my belief that doing so will
> > hasten the move of users to the more modern (and supported) APIs
> > available: mysqli and PDO, and that this process will also likely
> > encourage some users to switch to safer patterns such as prepared
> > queries at the same time.
> >
> > I must apologise for the lateness of this RFC: I had hoped to do this
> > some time before alpha 1, but travel and illness have taken their
> > toll. Better late than never!
> >
> > So, please provide comments, feedback, concerns, and so on. Obviously,
> > this isn't going to a vote for at least a couple of weeks, but earlier
> > feedback is better.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Adam
> >
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>
> Adam,
>
> Maybe it is worth mentioning in the RFC what the E_DEPRECATED notice
> message would look like so that people hiding it know what the plan
> is.
> e.g.:
> "mysql_*() functions are, as of PHP 5.5, deprecated and will be
> removed in next major release. Use the mysqli_*() functions instead".

Good point. I did put some proposed wording in the patch, but I'll add it
to the RFC when I get home tomorrow and am not just on a phone.

Adam

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