Re: [PHP-DB] PDO Vs MySQLi Vs SQL Queries.

2012-02-28 Thread Donahue Trevor
Hi Vinay, No, using native mysql_* statement isn't always faster. Advantages are obvious, as mentioned in the article you shared (object mapping, security, performance), there's always things like caching and other stuff you don't want to reinvent the wheel for and on big projects tend to be

Re: [PHP-DB] PDO Vs MySQLi Vs SQL Queries.

2012-02-28 Thread Vinay Kannan
Hi Trevor, Thank You for your suggestion, yeah i think caching is something i definitely want to look at and something thats important, and there is a big project coming up, its pretty much the biggest i've taken up so far, theres also a mobile app for android which needs to be done, so caching

[PHP-DB] PDO Vs MySQLi Vs SQL Queries.

2012-02-27 Thread Vinay Kannan
Hey Guys, I came across this article. http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/pdo-vs-mysqli-which-should-you-use/ Though I've been working with PHP for over 2 yrs, i never bothered to use the techniques mentioned in the articles like this. What i do for DB connections and queries..is just simple