Bug #78467 [NEW]: Impossible to use PDO to connect to MySQL with ClearText Plugin

From: henry dot paradiz at gmail dot com Operating system: Any PHP version: 7.1.31 Package: PDO MySQL Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Impossible to use PDO to connect to MySQL with ClearText Plugin Description: ------------ AWS has a method of providing access to a database by using their SDK to provision a temporary password with a 15 minute life time. This authentication method requires the MySQL clear text plugin. With the MySQL CLI client this is turned on by providing the CLI switch --enable-cleartext-plugin It is currently impossible to use PDO with the mysqlnd engine to facilitate this type of connection. More details here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Connecting.AWSCLI.html -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78467&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78467&r=mysqlcfg