mysql_* functions will still work, they will simply be marked as deprecated from 5.5 forward: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mysql_deprecation https://wiki.php.net/r

mysql_* functions will still work, they will simply be marked as deprecated from 5.5 forward: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mysql_deprecation https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mysql_deprecation As of 5.4, mysql_* were officially discouraged via the docs. Maybe in > 5.5.* mysql_* functions will be officially removed from core?