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Note that as a workaround, you may be able to add flags to the mysql_connect() calls in DatabaseMySql::open().

You can find the list of flags located at http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysql.constants.php#mysql.client-flags

Replacing 

$this->mConn = mysql_pconnect( $realServer, $user, $password );

with

$this->mConn = mysql_pconnect( $realServer, $user, $password, MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL );

and

this->mConn = mysql_connect( $realServer, $user, $password, true );

with

this->mConn = mysql_connect( $realServer, $user, $password, true, MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL );

in includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php seems to work.

It would be nice to have the appropriate magic in the installer (and presumably a variable in LocalSettings.php) to enable this without requiring this minor source code change.

Certainly worth seeing if we can do the same for Postgres and Oracle at the same

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/19933

Doesn't add installer magic, unfortunately, because I don't have much experience with that. Somebody else can add those options if necessary.