| Re: the changeover to mysqli [message #182944 is a reply to message #182939] |
Thu, 26 September 2013 18:59   |
Christoph Michael Bec
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Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 9/25/2013 5:58 PM, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
>> Tim Streater wrote:
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>>> In article <1cun3xxz7nbpj(dot)zop5ye5ou0f7$(dot)dlg(at)40tude(dot)net>,
>>> richard <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote:
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>>>> Let's face it, html has deprecated a ton of things which are still in
>>>> use.
>>>> Why? because a hoard of people refuse to upgrade their systems.
>>>
>>> You mean, update their web pages. Fat chance of that happening. And
>>> because browsers still support almost everything that was ever
>>> introduced, bar a couple of minor things, I see no reason, by and large,
>>> to do so either. I just use the HTML5 doctype to ensure standards mode.
>>
>> And that is exactly the reason, why those deprecated features won't be
>> removed--because it would break too many existing sites. If there were
>> less websites relying on obsolete features, the browser's could be
>> purged, which would be beneficial to ease further development.
>>
>> The situation is similar with regard to the original MySQL extension.
>> Cf. <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mysql_deprecation>.
>>
>
> No, they WILL BE removed.
I didn't want to say that the mysql extension will not be removed, but
rather that the process of deprecating it apparently was not so easy,
just because many websites/programs are still using the extension, even
if its use has been discouraged (long?) before PHP 5.5.
> There has been plenty of time for people to
> move to the new interface(s). Smart programmers have done so.
Agreed.
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Christoph M. Becker
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