Re: RFC: ext/mysql deprecation

On 11/16/2012 01:34 AM, Ryan McCue wrote: > Pierre Joye wrote: >> Wordpress lead developer statement is rather clear: Go ahead, we will follow. > > Indeed, we have patches written already [1], but they were low priority. > The plan is to aim for landing these in the next major version, assuming > PHP does go ahead with this. > > [1]: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21663 So, I am curious, why are you waiting on us for this? Is it because ext/mysql does everything you need and you simply have no need for any of the new and obviously better features in mysqli? I would have thought you would have switched to mysqli years ago if it was available and only used ext/mysql as a desperation fallback if that was all that was available. Not a criticism, but a curiosity. This is part of why this is going to be a very painful process no matter which path we take. It is an extension which works just fine and will continue to work for people. I wish we could come up with a better carrot for getting people to migrate versus just hitting them with a stick which most people here seem to advocate. -Rasmus