Re: deprecating ext/mysql

I agree with Johannes and Oracle/MySQL people : ext/mysqli must be the preferred way to replace ext/mysql. PDO lacks advanced features which wont be available because of PDO internals incompatibility. ext/mysqli is a true MySQL internal API exposure into PHP user land, PDO is not. Moreover, ext/mysqli has a userland API that is really the same as ext/mysql one; it's been a design rule of ext/mysqli to ease a future migration. PDO is really different and needs objects, not every single PHP developper is ready to use object nowadays. Julien.P 2011/7/16 Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org>: > Hola friends, > > Nice feedback so far, and the PHP documentation will begin implementing > the ideas presented here, and focus on mysqli but also recommend pdo_mysql. > Therefore, the ext/mysql documentation will be improved to strongly > recommend the preferred alternatives that have existed since PHP 5.0.0. > > We'll work on the finer details but it feels like procedural mysqli is a > better fit to live alongside the ext/mysql examples, although we don't want > to confuse people. Maybe geeks here have ideas regarding this, but a clear > useful clutter-free solution will be worked out, which may include adjusting > the CSS and involve creative linking. I'll add an example or three soonish. > > However, there has been some confusion within the PHP community, so to help > ease these concerns: > >  - This proposal only deals with documentation/education... so it can be >   described as an official 'soft deprecation' (no errors or code changes) >  - When (if?) this extension emits errors, or is removed, is not part of >   this proposal >  - There is a 100% chance that additional tasks and ideas will be discussed >   in the future, which might include: >   - A conversion tool/guide >   - A wrapper >   - A PECL extension >   - Talking to distros/hosters and apps like wordpress >   - ... >  - php.net understands that ext/mysql is popular, and we're handling this >   with extra care and heck, parts of *.php.net is powered by ext/mysql >  - Seriously, no need to panic > > We'll document the reasons why the other MySQL extensions are preferred, but > if people want to use the old ext/mysql API with PHP 9.0.0 (just an example) > then I'm guessing an old geek out there will make that possible. We, however, > will do our best to convince users to move towards the preferred and > supported methods, and hopefully write better code along the way because > honestly, that's the ultimate goal here. > > Regards, > Philip > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >