Posted by Greg Donald on 04/20/05 22:00

On 4/20/05, list_php_general@controlaircorp.com
<list_php_general@controlaircorp.com> wrote:
> Looks like mysqli is the new method of talking to mysql? Should I be moving away from
> the legacy mysql_* functions? I'm running php5 and mysql 4.1.11 on IIS5 and Apache 2.


Finding clients who even run 4.0.x is rare for me, most still use 3.23 I find.

I'm hosting my personal stuff with a company that has 4.1.x installed
but it's with PHP 4 so I still use the regular mysql functions.


On thing I've been doing to prepare for the switch is stuff like this:

$extensions = get_loaded_extensions();

if( in_array( 'mysqli', $extensions ) )
{

}
elseif( in_array( 'mysql', $extensions ) )
{

}


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Greg Donald
Zend Certified Engineer
http://destiney.com/

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