title: PHP abandons SQlite?
body: <blockquote>
    <p>The SQLite extension is enabled by default as of PHP 5.0. Beginning
    with PHP 5.4, the SQLite extension is available only via PECL.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Ok, I'm relatively new in PHP programming, and I was wondering what does this quoted information from official PHP site mean? </p>
  
  <p>I wrote some applications that runs SQlite rather than MySQL database and I have serious concern if is it going to be deprecated from future versions of PHP.</p>
  
  <p>What does it means "from now, only via PECL"?
  I understand that SQlite <em>will be available</em> but doesn't that mean that:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p><strong>PHP team will pay at least less attention on future development of PHP/SQlite integration</strong></p></li>
  <li><p><strong>we could expect web hosting providers that will miss installing SQlite extension, as it is not by default any more?</strong></p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Does someone have experience about what's happen when PHP "throw away" extension to PECL?
  Thanks in advance.</p>