[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21663: Use PDO or mysqli for MySQL queries when 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:  3.9
Component:  Database          |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by AzizSaleh):

 Replying to [ticket:21663 scottconnerly]:
 > the mysql_* functions are officially deprecated for PHP 5.4 and will
 begin throwing E_DEPRECATED errors in the next version of PHP.
 > http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=131031747409271&w=2
 >
 > Wordpress should use PDO by default, but fall back to mysql_* when PDO
 is not present.
 >
 > See also: #11622 for last year's discussion.

 I have created a PDO backend for mysql_* functions for exiting old
 projects which I didn't want to have to go through the code, update, and
 re-test:

 https://github.com/AzizSaleh/mysql

 Hopefully it helps someone else.

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