On 13/09/14 11:40, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Hope this message finds you well. Quick question about MySQLi and PHP. > I have a website that was built back in 2012 that is still on PHP 5.2 and MySQL > and I am wanting to update it to PHP 5.7 with MySQLi without headaches. > I am dreading this like a spoonful of molasses. Is there any sugar remedy for this medicine > or do I just grow a pair and take it? Well a few problems 5ere ... PHP5.2 had already been shelved at end of 2010, but I know why it was probably used 2 years later. I'm STILL running 5.2 on servers as the time needed to convert those sites is just not available and can't be justified cost wise :( > Any MySQL => MySQLi converters out there? > Any PHP5.2 => PHP 5.7 cheat sheets? > > If I update my server to PHP 5.7 is everything going to break? Or stupid question of course it is? PHP5.7 will not be around any time soon, PHP5.6 has just been released. But converting from 5.2 all the way to 5.6 is not something that is easy to do. I'm still only moving 5.2 to 5.4 at presnt. http://php.net/manual/en/migration53.php and http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.php is the starting point, but things depricated in 5.3 were removed in 5.4 so if you are using any of those methods then they need removing. You can switch the later PHP servers to ignore e_strict warning/errors, but this is the major problem area. and really the only way to move forward is clear all of those problems before moving forward. Unless you caa ensure your server will always be switched bak to a compatible mode of working. And all that before even looking at MySQL ... I've never used it, so hopefully someone else will cover that side. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
