On Sep 15, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Jasper Kips <jas...@planetkips.nl> wrote:
> > >> Op 15 sep. 2014 om 01:08 heeft Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> het >> volgende geschreven: >> >> Procedural php. Haven't had a chance to learn OOP. Would love to though. : / >> I think I may be moling it a bit too. Guess I was hoping for an easy fix, >> don't judge me.. :P >> Thanks for all your responses everyone. >> >> Best, >> >> Karl DeSaulniers >> Design Drumm >> http://designdrumm.com >> >> >> >>> On Sep 14, 2014, at 2:48 AM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> On 14/09/14 04:57, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: >>>> Awesome, thanks for the link. I know even less about PDO then I do regular >>>> MySQL however. >>>> I am hoping MySQLi isn't too far off a shoot. Just need to sit down with >>>> it all and figure out a path. >>> >>> PDO is still a bit of a grey area. It was intended to make changes >>> between database engines more transparent, and MySQL to MySQLi is >>> essentially just a different front end both targeting MySQL. The problem >>> is that it only ever did half the job, trying to make the data returned >>> 'transparent' while ignoring the SQL. Aziz's approach is one way of >>> going, but just like the e_strict problems with PHP itself, it's the >>> subtle changes to the language used which cause problems when >>> 'translating' from one to the other. It will depend on the style of >>> MySQL you are using currently as to how easy it is to 'translate'. My >>> own database is Firebird which has SQL functions that have yet to appear >>> in MySQL, some of those are exposed in MySQLi so you can ignore them >>> when upgrading but it is always those fringe cases that take the most >>> time to resolve? :( >>> >>> -- >>> Lester Caine - G8HFL >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > Problem with easy fixes is that they lead to tremendous problems. Best is to > take the more difficult road, it'll be way quicker. > Yup off topic I know > > Jasper > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Truth. Thanks. Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
