Re: [RFC] Remove deprecated functionality in PHP 7

On Sat, 11 Oct 2014, Kris Craig wrote: > On Oct 11, 2014 1:52 PM, "Nikita Popov" <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > We currently have a number of deprecated features, which we likely > > want to remove in PHP 7. I've created a tracking RFC listing > > deprecated functionality (if I missed something, please tell): > > > > > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_deprecated_functionality_in_php7 > > > > I expect many of these are no-brainers (like assigning new > > by-reference), but other items like removal of ext/mysql may need > > additional consideration. > > > > Unless there are items that are particularly contested, I'd like to > > handle the bulk of these in a single vote and only have separate > > votes for ext/ereg and ext/mysql, as these are arguably more > > intrusive. > > +1 on all of that. > > As far as ext/mysql is concerned, I would eagerly vote in favor of removing > it. It performs poorly, is procedural, less secure, doesn't support "is procedural" is however, never a reason to remove something. As most of PHP's function library, is procedural and works just fine. Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug Posted with an email client that doesn't mangle email: alpine