[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42812: Use MySQLi when available by default

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#42812: Use MySQLi when available by default
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 Reporter:  dd32         |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Database     |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion
  Focuses:               |
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 4 years ago when we added MySQLi support to WordPress #21663 we gated
 MySQLi support on the PHP version, PHP 5.5+ (or if they're running a
 development version)

 MySQLi has been extremely stable over the last 4 years, and I think it's
 time we open it up to more users.
 For users on PHP 5.2~5.4 switching to MySQLi doesn't provide any benefits,
 but it does allow WordPress to consider using more of the MySQLi features
 (for example, #42352) as more sites change over in the future.

 The attached patch enables MySQLi by default.
 Setting to Future pending agreement.

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