[wp-hackers] mysql_real_connect instead of mysql_connect

[Ryan Boren]

On 2/25/07, Jamie Talbot <wphackers at jamietalbot.com> wrote:
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> Aaron Brazell wrote:
> > Perhaps I should have phrased the question "why would you use mysql_connect"... The wpdb class is a decent tool for doing sql without injection, etc.
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> > Heh... It was just a question on my part. Like I said, don't want to sound snarky. :)
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> I don't think he wants to use mysql_connect() directly, I think he wants WP to use
> mysql_real_connect() instead of mysql_connect()  (Correct me if I'm wrong, Sai)
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> And it didn't sound snarky, though my response probably did :)
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> Back to the question though - does anyone know of a good reason *not* to use mysql_real_connect()?
> Especially as 2.2 is going to MySQL 4.1... (Is that still the plan?)

Is there a mysql_real_connect() function in php?  I think you have to
use mysqli_real_connect() which means using the mysqli extension.  If
so, what we're really talking about is mysqli support.

As for MySQL 4.1, bumping to MySQL 4.0 for WP 2.1 created a lot more
grief than we expected.  Bumping to 4.1 may need to be debated more.

I think we'll need to  consider adding support for both mysqli and
mysql.  If we can't reliably auto-detect at run time which to use, we
can make it a config setting like drupal and others do.

Ryan