Re: Changing the default PDO error mode

Am 19.03.2020 um 10:31 schrieb Matteo Beccati <php@beccati.com>: > On 14/03/2020 22:10, Larry Garfield wrote: >>> What do you think the new default be (and why)? >>> >>> (I am aware this change will likely require an RFC) >>> >>> AllenJB >> >> I see only two options: >> >> 1) Do nothing. >> >> 2) Move to Exceptions. >> >> I've never used PDO and not set it to Exceptions, honestly. Adding more global error >> conditions to code is a terrible idea, so let's not do warnings. If your query breaks, you >> really shouldn't continue because your data is busted so your following code will fail >> ungracefully at best, or corrupt data at worst. >> >> Changing a default like this seems a reasonably safe thing to do in a major, as long as >> it's still just as easy to switch back to silent mode for those who prefer to be explicit. > > I agree defaulting to PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION is a sensible change for PHP8. I think this should go through a deprecation phase first as it is a BC break, no matter how easy to fix you think it is. - Chris