On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sep 13, 2014, at 7:40 AM, Lester Caine <lester@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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 > > Ah, I see. Now Glob Design's comment makes sense. > Thanks Lester. > > Best, > > Karl DeSaulniers > Design Drumm > http://designdrumm.com > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I am not sure about any MySQL -> MySQLI wrappers, but I did built a MySQL -> PDO Wrapper a while back that you can use if you have PDO_MySQL enabled: https://github.com/azizsaleh/mysql
