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PHP Developers Finally Deprecating ext/mysql in Favor of mysqli or PDO

August 2nd, 2011 — Geekery, Programming

Perhaps it is because of the recent slew of high profile SQL injection attacks, or perhaps because it was just finally time to bite the bullet and make the switch. PHP internal emails have revealed that there is finally an official movement to deprecate the ext/mysql and mysql_* family of functions from PHP. For me,… Read more »

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