v5:database:for_removal
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Table of Contents
List of Drivers To Be Removed / Merged
Full Removal
Driver | Driver / Children | Reason |
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ADO | ado, ado_access, ado_mssql, ado5 | Obsolete |
Frontbase | fbsql | No PHP drivers since V4 |
IBM Informix | informix, informix_72 | Database End-Of-Life / No PHP 7 Drivers |
mysqlt | mysqlt, mysqlpo | Superseded by mysqli |
mssql | mssql, mssql_n, mssqlpo | Driver End Of Life / No PHP7 drivers |
Netezza | netezza | Database End-Of-Life 2019 |
ODBTP | odbtp, odbtp_unicode | Obsolete |
Plain Text | text | Incompatible with later versions of PHP |
Proxy | proxy | Deprecated for security reasons, as of ADOdb 5.21.0 |
SAP ADS | ads | Database End-Of-Life / No PHP 7 Drivers |
SAP ASE | sybase, sybase_ase | Database End-Of-Life / No PHP 7 Drivers |
SAP MaxDB | sapdb | Database End-Of-Life / No PHP 7 Drivers |
SAP SQL Anywhere | sqlanywhere | Dormant / No Active Users |
Visual FoxPro | vfp | Obsolete |
Occasionally renewed interest in a database may result in a driver being reactivated
Partial Removal
Driver | Children | Reason |
---|---|---|
IBM_DB2 | db2ora, db2oci | Feature handled in rewritten main driver. Use param() for parametisation |
oci805 | oci805 | Written specifically for now obsolete version of oracle |
oci8po | oci8po | Should be able to roll the minor differences in this driver into the main one |
oracle | oracle | Obsolete database version |
mssql2012ODBC mssql2012 | odbc_mssql2012 | Make the extended feature of this driver the default in the parent |
SQLite Database | sqlite3 | merge current version back to sqlite |
PostgreSQL | postgres64, postgres7, postgres8, postgres9 | Merge all versions back to postgres |
mssql | mssql | Obsolete driver |
Remaining
Old Name | New Name | Children |
---|---|---|
access | access | |
db2 | db2 | |
firebird | firebird | |
ldap | ldap | |
mssqlnative | sqlserver | |
mysqli | mysql | |
oci8 | oracle | |
odbc | odbc | db2, mssql, oracle |
pdo | pdo | dblib, firebird, mysql, oci8→oracle. pgsql, sqlite, slsrv |
postgres9 | postgres | |
sqlite3 | sqlite |
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