[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21663: Use PDO or mysqli for MySQL queries when available (was: Use PDO for MySQL queries when PDO is available)

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#21663: Use PDO or mysqli for MySQL queries when available
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 Reporter:  scottconnerly                         |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)                        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Database                              |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback has-patch needs-testing  |
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Changes (by nacin):

 * milestone:  Future Release => 3.8


Comment:

 My take on the current work here: While we should look into adding this in
 3.8, I think it needs to be a narrow approach. I dislike the idea of any
 future improvements in wp-db.php needing to be written in two places, as
 would occur if it were a second file that extends wpdb and overrides
 methods. (Obviously, that makes the most sense for a plugin, but isn't
 necessarily the way core should do it.)

 I think a "driver" situation is pretty robust, but that the current
 proposals are actually more robust than what we need to simply add mysqli
 support. Based on some conversations I've had with marko and others,
 targeting mysqli seems like a good first step, versus more general DB
 abstraction. Then we can see how well that works, and maybe get to the
 point where we have multiple drivers with an interface. I hope to engage
 with scribu and marko at WordCamp Europe this weekend; maybe we can get
 something committed to trunk once 3.7 is branched.

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