Re: Re: [RFC] Remove deprecated functionality in PHP 7

On Dec 26, 2014 5:22 PM, "Niktia Nefedov" <inefedor@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 06:49:49 +0300, Xinchen Hui <laruence@php.net> wrote: > >> Hey: >> >> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Dec 21, 2014 10:23 AM, "Xinchen Hui" <laruence@php.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hey: >>>> >>> >>>> I am strongly against to remove ext/mysql >>>> >>>> that means, all wordpress users/maintainers, will not able to upgrade >>>> to PHP7 without pain. >>> >>> >>> >>> https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/04/07/mysql-in-wordpress-3-9/ >>> >>> Basically wp and mysql are wrong arguments. >> >> we have upgrade issues, they also have that.. >> >> I know lots of sites are based on old version wordpress, and they did >> lot's of custom developing on it.. >> >> they will not able to upgrade to any new wordpress.. >> >>> >>> Also last time we discussed that there were a couple of oppositions to >>> remove deprecated features in 7. >> >> yes.. >>> >>> >>> My take is that we should not have a mass vote but options for each feature. >>> Also if we do not remove deprecated features we may as a well remove the >>> deprecation as it makes no sense to keep it if we never actually remove the >>> affected features. >> >> I agree.. >> >> for ext/mysql, I think it's okey to remove the deprecated warning.. >> >> thanks >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Pierre >> >> >> >> > > Hey Xinchen, > > Couldn't we just write a compatibility layer, like Anthony did for password_hash? (but in the opposite direction, for people who are stuck with ext/mysql and want to upgrade to 7) > > There'll be one problem with mysqli being an object and not a resource, but I'm sure would be able to solve it. There is already one, written by Ulf back then.