On 11/12/2012 07:24 AM, Leigh wrote: > Hi, > >> We put ext/mysql in a (security) bug fix maintenance mode only >> years ago. Too many ignore those attempts to get rid of ext/mysql. > > Maybe it's time to put it into full non-maintenance mode then? > > I believe MySQL is one of the on-by-default extensions when you > compile PHP blindly (as I'm sure many do), why not make it require > enabling specifically during build configuration, along with an > end-of-script message that states the extension is no longer > maintained (not even security fixes).
That is simply not true. If you download PHP and do ./configure && make install you do not get MySQL support. You have to explicitly specify that you want it. What is true is that most people no longer build PHP at all. They just end up with whatever their provider has installed or with whatever packages they end up installing when they install the PHP app they want to use. Both Wordpress and Drupal depends on php-mysql on Ubuntu, for example. It would be good if we could get the majority of the major PHP apps to commit to supporting mysqli along the same timeframe as marking this deprecated. -Rasmus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
