Hello, > is there any documentation on how to use the database independent API > with PHP (you know this DB.php located usually in > /usr/local/lib/php/DB) ??
PEAR-DB that you found currently does not offer you great database independence, it is just an API that lets you use the same class functions to interface with different databases, but you still have to deal with database differences in your applications. For instance, different database represent date values formatted differently. Fortunately there is a PHP database abstraction package named Metabase that takes care of things like that and more for you, so you don't have to deal with them by introducing database specific code in your application. For instance, Metabase makes sure that any date values going back and forth to the database are formatted according the ISO-9601 standard (YYYY-MM-DD). Metabase is a very mature database abstraction and unlike PEAR-DB it is throughly documented for your joy. Metabase manual not only tells you how to use it but also teaches about important concepts like transactions, prepared queries and blobs (files in the database) among other things. Metabase offers even more than this but I think it is better for you to learn about it by yourself. Metabase is an Open Source packages that is freely available from here: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/browse.html/package/20 . Regards, Manuel Lemos -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
