hi, As I would love to kill ext/mysql, it is up to the mysql developers to decide.
Cheers, On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Philip Olson <phi...@roshambo.org> wrote: > Greetings PHP geeks, > > Don't panic! This is not a proposal to add errors or remove this popular > extension. Not yet anyway, because it's too popular to do that now. > > The documentation team is discussing the database security situation, and > educating users to move away from the commonly used ext/mysql extension is > part of this. > > This proposal only deals with education, and requests permission to > officially convince people to stop using this old extension. This means: > > - Add notes that refer to it as deprecated > - Recommend and link alternatives > - Include examples of alternatives > > There are two alternative extensions: pdo_mysql and mysqli, with PDO being > the PHP way and main focus of future endeavors. Right? Please don't digress > into the PDO v2 fiasco here. > > What this means to ext/mysql: > > - Softly deprecate ext/mysql with education (docs) starting today > - Not adding E_DEPRECATED errors in 5.4, but revisit for 5.5/6.0 > - Add pdo_mysql examples within the ext/mysql docs that mimic the current > examples, but occasionally introduce features like prepared statements > - Focus energy on cleaning up the pdo_mysql and mysqli documentation > - Create a general "The MySQL situation" document that explains the situation > > The PHP community has been recommending alternatives for several years now, > so hopefully this won't be a new concept or shock to most users. > > Regards, > Philip > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
