Thanks to all who responded to this - you've given me a lot to think about. In
the near term, I'm going to learn to do PDO calls and convert a few small
projects over to that system. In the long-term, taking this as an opportunity
to switch to a CMS for the main website might make sense, so I'll
In terms of your original question, while I've used mysqli in the past I'm
personally starting to gravitate more toward PDO, as it does seem like a
more effective approach that is becoming a de-facto standard in some areas.
I also second Will Martin's comments; figure out your scope right out of
th
+1 for a CMS for institutional websites. If I had my druthers I'd go with
MODX, which is a solid system for PHP. I've never cared much for Drupal.
For a library, I think libguides CMS can be leveraged very effectively. It
has its own foibles that you have to deal with, but that's the nature of a
co
I second Cary's recommendation to go with a CMS. Another one to
consider is SilverStripe. It's highly extensible, though model
administration is done on the PHP level, so be prepared to open up your
favourite text editor and mind your syntax.
Ian Walls
Web Services & Emerging Technologies L
My recommendations are:
Move to a CMS. Drupal has a large library community, and I have been
happily using it for ten years. You might find Joomla more to your liking,
or you could worship the claw and go to Wordpress, which is mammoth, but
not particularly developer friendly.
If a CMS is out of
University of Miami Libraries
From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Will Martin
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] replacing deprecated PHP code throughout website
> 1. Is there a general cons
1. Is there a general consensus on what the best long-term
alternative to the mysql_* functions is?
It's my impression that PDO is basically the way to go.
2. Does anyone have advice about how to proceed with an enormous
overhaul like this?
Define the scope of your project clearl
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Ken Irwin said:
> Hello all,
>
> I've just learned that the PHP mysql_* functions are all deprecated as of PHP
> 5.5, and I'm trying to figure out what this means for my life. My library's
> website is heavily database-driven,
Ken,
I've used both PDO as well as mysqli. My preference is mysqli over PDO.
Mysqli is almost identical to the mysql in syntax, in terms of how you call
the functions, but it is a bit different in other areas. The PHP docs
should point you in the right direction.
Not to beat a dead horse, but it'
Hello all,
I've just learned that the PHP mysql_* functions are all deprecated as of PHP
5.5, and I'm trying to figure out what this means for my life. My library's
website is heavily database-driven, hand-coded, and all written using the
mysql_* functions. It's currently running PHP 5.4, so pr
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