Re: Remove ext/mysql from trunk? (was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Remove sqlite2 from trunk)

On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 12:45 +0200, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: > Am 19.06.2010 11:33, schrieb Patrick ALLAERT: > > What are the possible actions/alternatives? > > I think this was already mentioned: add a BC layer to ext/mysqli so > that the "new" extension supports the old mysql_* functions. This would > rid us off the old ext/mysql code without breaking code that relies on > it. ... while such a wrapper has about the same amount of code as the classic mysql extension (... which is in most parts a simple wrapper over library functions...) Or in other words: Such a wrapper doesn't have real benefits. What might be interesting is to write the wrapper in 100% PHP on top of mysqli. that gives an easy migration path (include/auto_prepend that lib) and makes the purpose clear ... (while there is one major limitation with such an approach: The old mysql extension uses resources whereas mysqli uses objects, so $conn = mysql_connect(); var_dump(is_resource($conn)); can't be emulated that way) johannes -- Johannes Schlüter MySQL Engineering Connectors and Client Connectivity Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht München: HRB161028 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz