Use of the `mysql_*` functions in PHP is discouraged in favour of [PDO](http://php.net/pdo) or [MySQLi](http://php.net/mysqli) ([find out why](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12859942))
Use of the mysql_*
functions in PHP is discouraged in favour of PDO or MySQLi (find out why)
ooh, sounds much better. also it seems SO and github don't have automatic em-dashes, so parens it is