| Re: the changeover to mysqli [message #182939 is a reply to message #182937] |
Thu, 26 September 2013 02:53   |
Jerry Stuckle
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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.
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> 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. There has been plenty of time for people to
move to the new interface(s). Smart programmers have done so.
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