$new is **NOT** supported by mysqli, reverting #45

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/mysql.php b/lib/mysql.php
index 527ba3b..924d68f 100644
--- a/lib/mysql.php
+++ b/lib/mysql.php
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ namespace {
             $new = false,
             $flags = 0
         ) {
+            if ($new !== false) {
+                trigger_error('Argument $new is no longer supported in PHP > 7', E_USER_WARNING);
+            }
+
             if (null === $hostname) {
                 $hostname = ini_get('mysqli.default_host') ?: null;
             }
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ namespace {
             $hash = sha1($hostname . $username . $flags);
             /* persistent connections start with p: */
             /* don't use a cached link for those */
-            if (!$new && $hostname[1] !== ':' && isset(\Dshafik\MySQL::$connections[$hash])) {
+            if ($hostname[1] !== ':' && isset(\Dshafik\MySQL::$connections[$hash])) {
                 \Dshafik\MySQL::$last_connection = \Dshafik\MySQL::$connections[$hash]['conn'];
                 \Dshafik\MySQL::$connections[$hash]['refcount'] += 1;
                 return \Dshafik\MySQL::$connections[$hash]['conn'];