Re: [PHP] any reason *not* to use PEAR DB module when accessing mysql?
[email protected] (Nilesh Govindarajan)
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On 03/19/2010 08:51 PM, Rene Veerman wrote: > another option: adodb.sf.net. > > and yep, i'm fully for using a db abstraction layer. > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Robert P. J. Day<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (just a warning -- as a relative newbie to PHP, i'll probably have >> the occasional dumb question. just humour me.) >> >> i'm looking at some existing PHP code that accesses a mysql 5.0 db, >> and it's coded using the mysql-specific calls: mysql_connect, >> mysql_select_db, etc, etc. >> >> is there any reason i *wouldn't* want to rewrite that code using the >> more general PEAR DB module, and use mysqli? certainly, as i read it, >> using the PEAR DB module would make it easier down the road if i >> suddenly decide to change the DB backend. >> >> anyway, any compelling arguments for or against? >> >> rday >> -- >> >> >> ======================================================================== >> Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA >> >> Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. >> >> Web page: http://crashcourse.ca >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday >> ======================================================================== >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > Adodb is the same one that is available in Visual Basic. I suggest PDO. Easy to use and portable. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com