Well, PHP approach to features is not really "pragmatic", it has boiled down for decades to basically adding whatever they could rip from somewhere else, withou

Well, PHP approach to features is not really "pragmatic", it has boiled down for decades to basically adding whatever they could rip from somewhere else, without the slightest trace of logic behind it. When they deprecated and removed mysql_* way way more impactful IMHO, it basically broke half of the websites on the web. Was it worth it? Absolutely yes, because mysql_* functions were utter garbage and have caused unmeasurable damage over the years with their shoddy approach to sanitizing. Sometimes you have to atone for your sins, and that's what PHP has been doing in the last few releases.