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@mildweed: the title here is total clickbait. They aren't deprecating anything right now, it's not MySQL but ext/mysql (one of 3 possible mysql libs). please r

by imajes 15y ago

@mildweed: the title here is total clickbait. They aren't deprecating anything right now, it's not MySQL but ext/mysql (one of 3 possible mysql libs). please remember in the future to do that better.

masklinn 15y ago
> They aren't deprecating anything right now, it's not MySQL but ext/mysql MySQL is the "human-readable" name of ext/mysql. Source: PHP's documentation http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php
- imajes 15y ago
  I see your point but you're nitpicking. MySQL is also the name for the database product, and so it's easy to read this and think that PHP are getting out of the business supporting MySQL.
  - masklinn 15y ago
    > MySQL is also the name for the database product, and so it's easy to read this and think that PHP are getting out of the business supporting MySQL. No, I don't think it is because it makes no sense at any level of resolution. MySQL is by a very long shot the most common pairing for PHP data persistence, unless the project is taken over by Microsoft (and drops support for anything but MSSQL) there's no way for such a thing to happen. It simply is not a sensible interpretation of the headline.
    - cwp 15y ago
      Well, it's not a sensible thing to do, but it's a perfectly reasonable interpretation of the headline. That's why it's link bait. [edit] fixed a typo
      - palish 15y ago
        This is spot-on, and it's a shame nobody seems to care.
        cwp 15y ago
        Well, somebody cares, if downvotes mean anything.
        dools 15y ago
        If only we could see the fucking points.
  - palish 15y ago
    That's exactly what I thought. That's not the case? (I'm a gamedev guy, not a webdev guy.)
  - eropple 15y ago
    Not if you're a PHP guy. At least, among those I know about. The conversation I had when mentioning this went something like this: "Oh nice, PHP is deprecating mysql." "What's the recommendation, mysqli?" "MySQL" is often just used to refer to the extension in PHP parlance.
sequoia 15y ago
Agreed, this was a very shocking/confusing/misleading title. "PHP slated to deprecate ext/mysql for newer mysql extensions" is much clearer, and far less exciting.

by imajes 15y ago

@mildweed: the title here is total clickbait. They aren't deprecating anything right now, it's not MySQL but ext/mysql (one of 3 possible mysql libs). please remember in the future to do that better.

masklinn 15y ago

> They aren't deprecating anything right now, it's not MySQL but ext/mysql MySQL is the "human-readable" name of ext/mysql. Source: PHP's documentation http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php

imajes 15y ago
I see your point but you're nitpicking. MySQL is also the name for the database product, and so it's easy to read this and think that PHP are getting out of the business supporting MySQL.
- masklinn 15y ago
  > MySQL is also the name for the database product, and so it's easy to read this and think that PHP are getting out of the business supporting MySQL. No, I don't think it is because it makes no sense at any level of resolution. MySQL is by a very long shot the most common pairing for PHP data persistence, unless the project is taken over by Microsoft (and drops support for anything but MSSQL) there's no way for such a thing to happen. It simply is not a sensible interpretation of the headline.
  - cwp 15y ago
    Well, it's not a sensible thing to do, but it's a perfectly reasonable interpretation of the headline. That's why it's link bait. [edit] fixed a typo
    - palish 15y ago
      This is spot-on, and it's a shame nobody seems to care.
      - cwp 15y ago
        Well, somebody cares, if downvotes mean anything.
        dools 15y ago
        If only we could see the fucking points.
- palish 15y ago
  That's exactly what I thought. That's not the case? (I'm a gamedev guy, not a webdev guy.)
- eropple 15y ago
  Not if you're a PHP guy. At least, among those I know about. The conversation I had when mentioning this went something like this: "Oh nice, PHP is deprecating mysql." "What's the recommendation, mysqli?" "MySQL" is often just used to refer to the extension in PHP parlance.

sequoia 15y ago

Agreed, this was a very shocking/confusing/misleading title. "PHP slated to deprecate ext/mysql for newer mysql extensions" is much clearer, and far less exciting.