On 2026-07-16 17:22, Eric Norris wrote:
Hello all,
I'm announcing the start of the vote for the "Minimum supported
versions for PHP 8.6" RFC. The voting will end at 2026-07-30 15:48:00
UTC. There are multiple votes, one for each minimum version
requirement.
RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/min_supported_versions_php_8_6
Discussion: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/131707
Thanks!
Eric
I'm sorry to bring this up now (I missed the discussion phase) but is
there a reason to make `COM_RESET_CONNECTION` mandatory? I clearly see
the upside of using it but it's a backward compatibility break that I
find hard to justify:
1. If someone relied on the persistent connection state (for whatever
reason that we might not see as the right technical choices, but still),
the behavior of their application will appear silently broken.
2. If someone still uses an older MariaDB/MySQL, they'll get a
significant performance penalty: their persistent connections will
silently turn to non-persistent. And we're not talking about a
decade-old databases!
If it were made optional, looks like both sides win: whoever interested,
can opt in and stop worrying about mutable connection state, and those
who can't do it because they have to use an older DB have one headache
less: the RFC leaves them with few disappointing alternatives such as to
accept the worse performance or not upgrade PHP.
Please correct me if I misunderstood the behavior you propose.
Cheers,
Alex
