Req #73421 [Nab]: General complaint

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73421&edit=1 ID: 73421 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: shearnes at roadrunner dot com Summary: General complaint Status: Not a bug Type: Feature/Change Request Package: PDO related Operating System: Ubunty 16 PHP Version: Next Major Version Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Also, the migration from mysql to mysqli is simpler. It is close to a search+replace of mysql_ calls to mysqli_ calls. Should take about 30 minutes. Alternatively, the outdated mysql extension is still available and works fine with PHP 7. It is simply now just not distributed with the main PHP sources. Get it from Pecl. However, since you indicated that you are using Ubuntu, there is actually zero difference for you. Ubuntu packages the mysql extension in *exactly* the same was as they did for PHP 5. See http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=php7.0-mysql So the deprecation is actually invisible to you since you will apt-get install the package exactly the same way you did for PHP 5. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-10-30 15:47:20] requinix@php.net The solution is simple: don't upgrade. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-10-30 15:21:28] shearnes at roadrunner dot com Description: ------------ Just a general complaint - not happy with the depreciation of the older mysql to PDO. I have ran an older web portal called PHPNuke for years and I spent lots of money customizing it to serve a specific trade [ www.parts-link.com ] and after an Ubuntu 16 upgrade, I am told PDO wont support older PHPNuke web portal unless I hire more developers to recode all the files, which they immediately say is going to cost a lot. In this terrible global economy, I cant justify such a thing. I'm disappointed you guys who are thinking this stuff up dont consider these circumstances and just leave people in the dust. I had the site down for a couple months pondering what to do because I spent alot of time trying to get it going with php7 , but and I only just now got a developer to get it back up rolled back to php5.6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73421&edit=1