Changelog

The following changes have been made to classes/functions/methods of this extension.

Version	Function	Description
8.5.0	mysqli::__construct	Calling the constructor on an already-constructed object now throws an Error.
8.4.0	mysqli::kill	Both mysqli::kill and mysqli_kill are now deprecated. Use the KILL SQL command instead.
	mysqli::ping	Both mysqli::ping and mysqli_ping are now deprecated. As of PHP 8.2.0, the reconnect feature is no longer available, making this function obsolete.
	mysqli::query	When connecting to MySQL 8.0.24 or later, the error code reported for a server wait timeout is now 4031 (ER_CLIENT_INTERACTION_TIMEOUT) instead of 2006 (CR_SERVER_GONE_ERROR).
	mysqli::refresh	Both mysqli::refresh and mysqli_refresh are now deprecated. Use FLUSH SQL commands instead.
	mysqli::store_result	Passing the mode parameter is now deprecated. The parameter has had no effect as of PHP 8.1.0.
8.3.0	mysqli_result::fetch_object	Now throws a ValueError exception when the constructor_args is non-empty with the class not having a constructor; previously an Exception was thrown.
	mysqli::poll	Now throws a ValueError exception when neither the read nor error arguments are passed.
8.1.0	mysqli_driver::$report_mode	The default value is now MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR \| MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT. Previously, it was MYSQLI_REPORT_OFF.
	mysqli_result::fetch_all	Now also available when linking against libmysqlclient.
	mysqli_stmt::execute	The optional params parameter has been added.
	mysqli_stmt::next_result	Now also available when linking against libmysqlclient.
	mysqli::__construct	mysqli::connect now returns true instead of null on success.
	mysqli::$client_info	Calling mysqli_get_client_info with the mysql argument has been deprecated. This function never required a parameter, but incorrectly allowed it as an optional parameter.
	mysqli::$client_info	The object-oriented style mysqli::get_client_info has been deprecated.
	mysqli::init	The object-oriented style mysqli::init method has been deprecated. Replace calls to parent::init with parent::__construct.
8.0.0	mysqli_result::fetch_object	constructor_args now accepts [] for constructors with 0 parameters; previously an exception was thrown.
	mysqli_result::field_seek	This function now always returns true. Previously it returned false on failure.
	mysqli_stmt::close	This function now always returns true. Previously it returned false on failure.
	mysqli_stmt::__construct	query is now nullable.
	mysqli::begin_transaction	name is now nullable.
	mysqli::close	This function now always returns true. Previously it returned false on failure.
	mysqli::commit	name is now nullable.
	mysqli::debug	This function now always returns true. Previously it returned false on failure.
	mysqli::rollback	name is now nullable.
7.4.0	mysqli::__construct	All parameters are now nullable.
	mysqli::real_connect	All parameters are now nullable.