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Function Depreciation and PHP 5.5

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48194557

Function Depreciation and PHP 5.5
October 22, 2013 04:02PM

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Hi Again Mac and Thanxs again for your ongoing help

I have noticed on many coding forums that they heavily criticize the use of some of the outdated functions like mysql_fetch_array() or mysql_query() because it has been depriciated in PHP 5.5.
I know the textbook is based on PHP 5.2 so it still uses the depriciated function. I have been told I should rather learn the new functions like pdo_mysql() so my question is, will i get penalized if I dont use the code which is in the textbook?

Thanxs

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Re: Function Depreciation and PHP 5.5
October 23, 2013 07:27AM

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It is better to use the new functions yes, but most functions are backwards compatible for the foreseeable future. You can use what you want.