Re: mysql vs mysqli vs pdo (php) Q

2012-12-12 Thread Barak Bloch
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mysql vs mysqli vs pdo (php) Q

2012-12-02 Thread Erez D
Hello, We are starting a new project, one that will be used for production and should be supported for years. We need to access mysql via php currently i seem to preffer PDO as it supports not only mysql but many other DBs. searching the net, i see many comparisons of mysql vs mysqli vs pdo.

Re: mysql vs mysqli vs pdo (php) Q

2012-12-02 Thread Lior Kaplan
Hi Erez, From PHP 5.4 the default for all the mysql extensions family is mysqlnd (PHP native mysql driver), and it seems that for the next PHP release (5.5) ext/mysql will be deprecated https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mysql_deprecation So PDO is probably the right answer. Kaplan On Sun, Dec 2, 2012

Re: mysql vs mysqli vs pdo (php) Q

2012-12-02 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
Personally I like PDO a lot. mysql_ should definitely be avoided, but as far as I always understood mysqli_ is the alternative to PDO for those people who don't like Object oriented stuff... PDO is afaik an official part of php and the recommended way to interact with a db so I have a hard time

Re: mysql vs mysqli vs pdo (php) Q

2012-12-02 Thread Erez D
Thank you all for your replies I'll probably stick with PDO another short question: anybody knows of a good PHP IDE (on linux of course) ? On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Erez D erez0...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, We are starting a new project, one that will be used for production and