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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:47:47 -0700
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To: Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Remove deprecated functionality in PHP 7
From: kris.craig@gmail.com (Kris Craig)

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On Oct 11, 2014 1:52 PM, "Nikita Popov" <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi internals!
>
> We currently have a number of deprecated features, which we likely want to
> remove in PHP 7. I've created a tracking RFC listing deprecated
> functionality (if I missed something, please tell):
>
>     https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_deprecated_functionality_in_php7
>
> I expect many of these are no-brainers (like assigning new by-reference),
> but other items like removal of ext/mysql may need additional
consideration.
>
> Unless there are items that are particularly contested, I'd like to handle
> the bulk of these in a single vote and only have separate votes for
> ext/ereg and ext/mysql, as these are arguably more intrusive.
>
> Thanks,
> Nikita

+1 on all of that.

As far as ext/mysql is concerned, I would eagerly vote in favor of removing
it.  It performs poorly, is procedural, less secure, doesn't support
prepared statements, etc.

It's always annoyed me how sites like w3schools still teach people to use
ext/mysql.  It's been deprecated for quite awhile now and I think it's time
to pull the plug on it.

--Kris

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