feat: added experimental support for PDO_MYSQL

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This is a log of major user-visible changes in each phpMyFAQ release.
 - added Symfony Routing for administration backend (Thorsten)
 - added code snippets plugin with syntax highlighting in WYSIWYG editor (Thorsten)
 - added plugin administration backend (Thorsten)
+- added experimental support for PDO_MYSQL (Thorsten)
 - improved online update feature (Thorsten)
 - migrated from WYSIWYG editor from TinyMCE to Jodit Editor (Thorsten)
 - migrated from JavaScript to TypeScript (Thorsten) 

Dockerfile

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #
-# This image uses a php:8.4.2-apache base image and do not have any phpMyFAQ code with it.
+# This image uses a php:8.4-apache base image and do not have any phpMyFAQ code with it.
 # It's for development only, it's meant to be run with docker-compose
 #
 
 #####################################
 #=== Unique stage without payload ===
 #####################################
-FROM php:8.4.2-apache
+FROM php:8.4-apache
 
 #=== Install gd PHP dependencie ===
 RUN set -x \

composer.json

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
   "suggest": {
     "ext-ldap": "*",
     "ext-openssl": "*",
+    "ext-pdo": "*",
     "ext-pgsql": "*",
     "ext-sqlite3": "*",
     "ext-sqlsrv": "*"

phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Category.php

@@ -172,11 +172,8 @@ public function getOrderedCategories(bool $withPermission = true, bool $withInac
         }
 
         if ($this->language !== null && preg_match("/^[a-z\-]{2,}$/", $this->language)) {
-            $where .= $where === '' || $where === '0' ? '
-            WHERE' : '
-            AND';
-            $where .= "
-                fc.lang = '" . $this->configuration->getDb()->escape($this->language) . "'";
+            $where .= $where === '' || $where === '0' ? ' WHERE' : ' AND';
+            $where .= sprintf(' fc.lang = \'%s\'', $this->configuration->getDb()->escape($this->language));
         }
 
         $query = sprintf(

phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Controller/Administration/SystemInformationController.php

@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ public function index(Request $request): Response
                     'Web server Interface' => strtoupper(PHP_SAPI),
                     'PHP Version' => PHP_VERSION,
                     'PHP Extensions' => implode(', ', get_loaded_extensions()),
-                    'PHP Session path' => session_save_path(),
-                    'Database Server' => Database::getType(),
+                    'Database Driver' => Database::getType(),
                     'Database Server Version' => $this->configuration->getDb()->serverVersion(),
                     'Database Client Version' => $this->configuration->getDb()->clientVersion(),
                     'Elasticsearch Version' => $esInformation

phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Database.php

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public static function factory(string $type): ?DatabaseDriver
         self::$dbType = $type;
 
         if (str_starts_with($type, 'pdo_')) {
-            $class = 'phpMyFAQ\Database\Pdo_' . ucfirst(substr($type, 4));
+            $class = 'phpMyFAQ\Database\Pdo' . ucfirst(substr($type, 4));
         } else {
             $class = 'phpMyFAQ\Database\\' . ucfirst($type);
         }

phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Database/DatabaseDriver.php

@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ public function fetchObject(mixed $result): mixed;
     /**
      * Fetch a result row as an array.
      *
-     *
-     * @return array
+     * @param mixed $result
+     * @return array|false|null
      */
-    public function fetchArray(mixed $result): ?array;
+    public function fetchArray(mixed $result): array|false|null;
 
     /**
      * Fetch a result row.

phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Database/Mysqli.php

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * @copyright 2005-2025 phpMyFAQ Team
  * @license   https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/ Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
  * @link      https://www.phpmyfaq.de
+ * @since     2005-12-13
  */
 
 namespace phpMyFAQ\Database;
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
 use mysqli_sql_exception;
 use phpMyFAQ\Database;
 use phpMyFAQ\Core\Exception;
-use phpMyFAQ\Utils;
 use SensitiveParameter;
 
 /**