At 07:25 AM 05/05/2000, Oliver Schleede wrote:
>btw you mentioned that some db-stuff will change in a year - i guess php is
>well maintained and workarounds will be available, for php3 is found in too
>many db web projects.
No, what I meant was next year *you* might change *your* database from
mysql to PostgreSQL, when you realize that you need more power. Or you
might change to a commercial database system.
Using DBI, this switch will be fairly painless. You just change a little
bit at the top of your program and everything else should just work
(assuming you write standard SQL to begin with).
Using the mysql_* functions in PHP will require you to completely rewrite
your scripts for the new system.
This is because DBI is a database abstraction layer, and PHP's built-in
database support isn't.
If you want a database abstraction layer for PHP, try out phplib at
http://phplib.netuse.de.
(But then you have to install, configure, learn and maintain a separate
software package, just like you would with DBI).
Michael
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