On: WordPress 3.5 “Elvin” Released

[jtreminio]

mysql_* functions will still work, they will simply be marked as deprecated from 5.5 forward:

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mysql_deprecation

As of 5.4, mysql_* were officially discouraged via the docs.

Maybe in > 5.5.* mysql_* functions will be officially removed from core?