[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:  Future
Component:  Database                             |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  3.5
 Keywords:  dev-feedback has-patch needs-        |  Resolution:
  testing                                        |
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Comment (by dd32):

 Replying to [comment:152 yandod]:
 > PHP5.6 may be removing ext/mysql. because php team already voted for it,
 that why it is triggering E_DEPRECATED.
 > http://news.php.net/php.internals/71222
 >
 > Could you reactivate this conversation and catch up PHP5.6 out?
 > I don't know next version of WordPress come earlier than PHP5.6. But it
 might be time.

 Reading the linked posting & RFC, you can see that they only voted on
 adding a deprecated notice in 5.5, no discussion on removing it in 5.6 was
 discussed/voted on which is what would normally happen if they were
 planning an immediate removal. Due to the sheer amount of users of the
 extension, I wouldn't expect PHP  to remove the extension in 5.6 at all.
 It'd be put to a RFC vote first and we'd have plenty of notice.

 That being said, the discussion on this, and the development that occurred
 on this during 3.7/3.8 is still ongoing and not forgotten. "Future
 Release" is simply our broad milestone, we'll pull it to the 3.9 milestone
 if enough development work happens that a change will make it into the
 release.

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