Re: RFC: ext/mysql deprecation

Am 16.11.2012 03:23, schrieb Sherif Ramadan: > People have been talking about and educating others about the > deprecation of ext/mysql for quite some time now. I'm sure that it Random dates in the lifes of ext/mysql[i]: 2003 * ext/mysqli, the "improved" version of ext/mysql gets developed * Int. PHP Conference ext/mysqli talk * Similar talk given at the local PHP meetup in Hamburg includes "Migration from mysql to mysqli" * Zak Greant and Georg Richter publish Zend.com article 2004 * PHP 5.0.0 ships ext/mysqli * 2x Int. PHP Conference PHP5 + MySQL 4.1/5.0 (= requires ext/mysqli, mysqli was made for 4.1/5.0) * ApacheCon Europe PHP5 + MySQL 2006 * MySQL recommends mysqli and publishes a conversion script http://lists.mysql.com/announce/400 * ext/mysql feature request gets won't fix https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37867 * MySQL announces the plan to develop the mysqlnd library 2007 * First public mysqlnd version supports mysqli only http://lists.mysql.com/announce/432 ... 2011 * Public ext/mysql deprecation outcry 2012 * Soft-deprecation warnings added to php.net manual https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62213 No judgement intended. Ulf