# The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead

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**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [September 20, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/the-mysql-extension-is-deprecated-and-will-be-removed-in-the-future-use-mysqli-or-pdo-instead/66393 "2022-09-20T08:19:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/the-mysql-extension-is-deprecated-and-will-be-removed-in-the-future-use-mysqli-or-pdo-instead/66393/6 "2022-09-20T09:07:05Z")

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> [@anon7778873](#):
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> I can’t find the backups. Softaculous also doesn’t give me an option to make a backup now and the tab for backups isn’t there.

Likely due to this

> [@Big Problem - Backup on Softaculous is "gone"](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/big-problem-backup-on-softaculous-is-gone/65220/12):
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> Possibly. Using our hosting space for backup storage was never allowed, so it always was kinda weird you could do exactly that through Softaculous. I can totally imagine that someone at iFastNet saw a server getting full, noticed many accounts having multiple GB in a softaculous\_backups folder, noted “hold on, that’s not supposed to be possible” and changed the setting.

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