[wp-hackers] mysql_real_connect instead of mysql_connect

[Jamie Talbot]

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Robert Deaton wrote:
> Yeah, there's one very good reason, there is no PHP mysql_real_connect
> function.

Heh, details, details... :)

> PHP's mysql_connect will use the C wrapper mysql_real_connect if it is
> available. What this guy wants is to be able to pass a flag to the C
> mysql_real_connect through PHP's mysql_connect. The flag he wants to
> set can in fact be used, it is in the notes section of the
> documentation [1]. How he wants to have them placed in, I'm not sure,
> wpdb is loaded long before our plugins so there really is no way for a
> plugin to set that, and I am -1 on turning this on for everyone, for
> BC reasons.

Yeah, let's not turn it on for everyone, but remember that wpdb.php can be overridden if there is a
db.php in wp-content...  He could probably create his own wpdb class to set this up correctly then...

Cheers,

Jamie.
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