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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

by 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.