mysql_ deprecated

Now that we are done with the course and we can relax I figured I would pass on some info to my fellow PHP coders.

The entire ext/mysql PHP extension, which provides all functions named with the prefix mysql_, is officially deprecated as of PHP v5.5.0 and will be removed in the future. use mysqli or PDO

Changelog

No need to stress now, you code will still work, just be mindful in future to use the new extensions when developing.

____________________________________________Nazi Coder____________________________________________

I'm not antisocial, I'm just not user friendly

"It's not a bug; it's an undocumented feature!" ~ some unknown Microsoft developer

I saw that yesterday - as if I was going to change everything

Glen

I decided 2 months ago to not change it but it was a bit of a pain to get advise from the seeded php guys on the code forums as they all insisted that I had to change it before they will help.

Sometimes coders can be so anal!

____________________________________________Nazi Coder____________________________________________

I'm not antisocial, I'm just not user friendly

"It's not a bug; it's an undocumented feature!" ~ some unknown Microsoft developer

is it changing to mysqli? I saw that a while back, I am still using MySQL_ though.

you should also consider using prepare statements. apparently there is a benefit in that LOL, I haven't figure out how to do it. Ive done it once or twice, and it worked. but I can not do it without referencing at this stage.

Servers do not generally change over to updated versions of PHP/MySQL too soon, so it will still run for a few years. But yet. you need to plan for it.

Prepared statements is the way to go (for big sites especially). But as I always say - small steps....

Humm...wise words!

78026962 afojonny

I am trying to use mysqli in my new project, but it is quite a challenge from mysql. One has to think in a whole new way!!