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Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 22:11:46 +1100
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To: Niktia Nefedov <inefedor@gmail.com>
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	Xinchen Hui <laruence@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] Remove deprecated functionality in PHP 7
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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On Dec 26, 2014 5:22 PM, "Niktia Nefedov" <inefedor@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 06:49:49 +0300, Xinchen Hui <laruence@php.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey:
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 21, 2014 10:23 AM, "Xinchen Hui" <laruence@php.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey:
>>>>
>>>
>>>> I am strongly against to remove ext/mysql
>>>>
>>>> that means, all wordpress users/maintainers,  will not able to upgrade
>>>> to PHP7 without pain.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/04/07/mysql-in-wordpress-3-9/
>>>
>>> Basically wp and mysql are wrong arguments.
>>
>> we have upgrade issues,  they also have that..
>>
>> I know lots of sites are based on old version wordpress, and they did
>> lot's of custom developing on it..
>>
>> they will not able to upgrade to any new wordpress..
>>
>>>
>>> Also last time we discussed that there were a couple of oppositions to
>>> remove deprecated features in 7.
>>
>> yes..
>>>
>>>
>>> My take is that we should not have a mass vote but options for each
feature.
>>> Also if we do not remove deprecated features we may as a well remove the
>>> deprecation as it makes no sense to keep it if we never actually remove
the
>>> affected features.
>>
>> I agree..
>>
>> for ext/mysql,  I think it's okey to remove the deprecated warning..
>>
>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Pierre
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hey Xinchen,
>
> Couldn't we just write a compatibility layer, like Anthony did for
password_hash? (but in the opposite direction, for people who are stuck
with ext/mysql and want to upgrade to 7)
>
> There'll be one problem with mysqli being an object and not a resource,
but I'm sure would be able to solve it.

There is already one, written by Ulf back then.

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