2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/db/driver/mysqli.php b/phpBB/phpbb/db/driver/mysqli.php
index 2ed08211ad..c0ddfbf76c 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/db/driver/mysqli.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/db/driver/mysqli.php
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ class mysqli extends \phpbb\db\driver\mysql_base
 			return $this->sql_error('');
 		}
 
-		// Mysqli extension supports persistent connection since PHP 5.3.0
-		$this->persistency = (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '>=')) ? $persistency : false;
+		$this->persistency = $persistency;
 		$this->user = $sqluser;
 
 		// If persistent connection, set dbhost to localhost when empty and prepend it with 'p:' prefix
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/file_downloader.php b/phpBB/phpbb/file_downloader.php
index ca8b1f4534..462b87ca51 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/file_downloader.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/file_downloader.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class file_downloader
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				throw new \RuntimeException('FSOCK_DISABLED');
+				throw new \phpbb\exception\runtime_exception('FSOCK_DISABLED');
 			}
 		}