Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/04/08 13:17

Jonas Werres wrote:
>> Make sure you have the extension_dir in php.ini set correctly. I've
>> missed that one once or twice.
>
> Am I talking to a wall?
>
> There is absolutely no reason for still using mysql_. It lacks some really
> nice features of modern MySQL-Versions (although the OP probably wont use
> them at least for a long time) and it might NOT be included the download of
> the next version.
>
> There is a _reason_ that is not activated.
>

Sure there is. Sometimes you don't need the newer extensions. And,
being basically wrappers for the C function calls, the mysql_ calls are
faster and require fewer resources. This can be important in busy systems.

I use both, depending on the needs.

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