Re: RFC: ext/mysql deprecation

On Sat, 2012-11-17 at 16:19 +0100, Ángel González wrote: > What are those benefits that mean everyone needs to move to mysqli? > I was making myself the opposite question :) With ext/mysql you, for instance, can not - use stored procedures (there's no "mysql_next_result" or such) - use SSL with custom keys (or some other "advanced" security/authentication features) - use async queries - use prepared statements - ... As also said it's unlikely we'll add support for new server features to ext/mysql, so the gap will grow over time. Of course not everybody needs those, but starting with ext/mysql means you have a hard time if you ever need those in future. > The only reference was about the cost of maingaining it at the beginning > of this > thread, but now Johannes Schlüter said (16 Nov 2012 08:38:19 +0200) that it > doesn't really need work to maintain it. It needs some work, but not tooo much. Might still bring more benefit if the time was spent on feature development. johannes