RE: [PHP-DEV] Wierd CVS Build problem with libmysql

Michael Widenius wrote: > Another issue: > > We would like to extend the mysql_connect() and mysql_pconnect() with > 2 extra (not required) arguments: > > path-to-config-file and group > > This would allow the php program to access all clients connect options > (like password, user and connect timeout) that the libmysqlclient library > can provide. > > If the first option is given (and is not the empty string), one > should call > > mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_FILE, path-to-config-file) > > If the second one is given one should call: > > mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, group) > > For example: > > > mysql_pconnect("host","db","","/tmp/my.cnf","php"); > > Would read the [php] and [client] group sections from the > /tmp/my.cnf file. > > What do you think about the above? IMHO, this looks useful. Late last week I thought Zeev was asking for last minute do or die stuff, with a view to putting out 4.0.4. Is this going to affect that, time wise? Maybe it should wait until after 4.0.4? Regards Mike Robinson