The MySQL extension: Is not under active development Is officially deprecated as of PHP 5.5 (released June 2013). Has been removed entirely as of PHP 7.0 (released December 2015) This means that as of 31 Dec 2018 it does not exist in any supported version of PHP. If you are using a version of PHP … Read more
The correct way to avoid SQL injection attacks, no matter which database you use, is to separate the data from SQL, so that data stays data and will never be interpreted as commands by the SQL parser. It is possible to create an SQL statement with correctly formatted data parts, but if you don’t fully … Read more
Timestamps in MySQL are generally used to track changes to records, and are often updated every time the record is changed. If you want to store a specific value you should use a datetime field. If you meant that you want to decide between using a UNIX timestamp or a native MySQL datetime field, go … Read more