On 05/29/2014 04:52 AM, Dan Egli wrote: > Great, what's PDO? Realize that I've not used any web language since HTML4 > and PHP4. So now that both are in version 5 I'm catching up from far > behind. Got a good URL to describe how to use PDO in PHP, as well as what > the heck PDO is?
You mentioned before that your internet access is restricted. Are you able to use google at all? Just wondering because a quick search could answer your questions rather handily. https://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php > Of course I wouldn't be using mysqli_* functions because of the fact that > the back-end database isn't mysql. But the point is well made. :) PDO lets you use a common object class to create and manipulate connections to any database PDO has a database driver for. SQLite, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, etc. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
