Re: [RFC] [Discussion] Minimum supported versions for PHP 8.6

On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM <go.al.ni@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Users that are on MySQL or MariaDB databases from before this feature was implemented may > > upgrade to PHP 8.6, but would not be able to use persistent connections. This means that their > > software could continue to work, but they might lose a performance optimization. > > Please clarify this. > Users on older mysql will hit connection error immediately after > upgrading to 8.6. So saying "their software could continue to work" is > misleading. Their PHP code must be modified before upgrading - turning > PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT to false or removing it entirely. And only after > that it would continue to work. Is this true? Having looked at the persistent connection code, I believe it would silently handle the error by simply discarding the connection and creating a new one. Thus, "their software could continue to work, but they might lose a performance optimization." Source: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/21857/files#diff-9a6d6a4359a98668fef29400492f877938424d1b1d2e84933c91ab34161cf360R417-R428