Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect()

[ThunderRabbit]

Attempting to login to the SMF forum I am in the process of building produced the following error:
<begin>
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in /home3/customap/public_html/floridahomeownersunite/smf/Sources/Subs-Db-mysql.php:58 Stack trace: #0 /home3/customap/public_html/floridahomeownersunite/smf/Sources/Load.php(2516): smf_db_initiate('localhost', 'database', 'username', 'password', 'smf_', Array) #1 /home3/customap/public_html/floridahomeownersunite/smf/index.php(68): loadDatabase() #2 {main} thrown in /home3/customap/public_html/floridahomeownersunite/smf/Sources/Subs-Db-mysql.php on line 58
</end>
Note! - I did modify the error to protect the user detail.

Up until yesterday I believe my host had me using PHP v5.4 and it needed to be changed to accommodate a new update of Joomla which required 5.6 or better. I logged into my host account and noticed that PHP 7.0 was a choice so I selected it. (Note! - I made no attempt to log into SMF while PHP version was set at 7.0)

It seemed another issue exposed itself so I logged back into my host account and set the PHP version to 5.6. I just checked before posting here and it remains at 5.6.

Could the brief setting of v7.0 have affected SMF as I read other similar posts suggesting SMF does not support PHP 7.0 yet?

Is there something I can do to correct this issue or am I going to have to attempt to restore from a backup?

Thank you in advance for any help anyone might be able to offer.

Lee

[Illori]

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=544910.0

otherwise reach out to your host to see what they can do to help.

[Elmacik]

Additionally, if you are using mysql library for the database; it's deprecated and strongly discouraged. Swithing to MySQLi library is recommended and it's widely supported now.

[Arantor]

Additionally, if you are using mysql library for the database; it's deprecated and strongly discouraged. Swithing to MySQLi library is recommended and it's widely supported now.

This is being changed in SMF 2.0.14.

[ThunderRabbit]

Additionally, if you are using mysql library for the database; it's deprecated and strongly discouraged. Swithing to MySQLi library is recommended and it's widely supported now.

This is being changed in SMF 2.0.14.

Any word on when SMF 2.0.14 will be making its debut?

Lee

[Illori]

when it is ready.