Re: [PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Marc Guay
> Let me repeat myself: did you have a look at Doctrine2? Hi Peter, I didn't mean to ignore your suggestion, I just got extremely overwealmed by the Doctrine website and didn't even have a response. I get the impression that, like Zend and others, learning how to install and use that would take l

Re: [PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Peter Lind
On 22 July 2010 21:14, Marc Guay wrote: >> i recommend propel >> http://www.propelorm.org/ > > Holy Moses that thing is a monster.  It requires installing extra > libraries (Phing) in order to create an XML schema reverse-engineered > from my existing database.  The code looks simple enough but th

Re: [PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Nathan Nobbe
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Marc Guay wrote: > > i recommend propel > > http://www.propelorm.org/ > > Holy Moses that thing is a monster. It requires installing extra > libraries (Phing) in order to create an XML schema reverse-engineered > from my existing database. The code looks simple

Re: [PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Floyd Resler
On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Marc Guay wrote: >> i recommend propel >> http://www.propelorm.org/ > > Holy Moses that thing is a monster. It requires installing extra > libraries (Phing) in order to create an XML schema reverse-engineered > from my existing database. The code looks simple enoug

Re: [PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Marc Guay
> i recommend propel > http://www.propelorm.org/ Holy Moses that thing is a monster. It requires installing extra libraries (Phing) in order to create an XML schema reverse-engineered from my existing database. The code looks simple enough but that installation is brutal. Any other suggestions?

Re: [PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Marc Guay
> i recommend propel > http://www.propelorm.org/ This looks hopeful. I'd checked it out before but for some reason lumped it in with all of the other half-baked tools that didn't do what I wanted, but even that basic example seems to cover most of what I want. Thanks for the suggestions. Marc

Re: [PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Nathan Nobbe
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Marc Guay wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've built a fairly large normalized database schema for a project. > This is fun for me as I like thinking about how everything is > interconnected. Foreign keys are all set up, many-to-many tables are > go, etc, and so on.

Re: [PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Peter Lind
On 22 July 2010 15:35, Marc Guay wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've built a fairly large normalized database schema for a project. > This is fun for me as I like thinking about how everything is > interconnected.  Foreign keys are all set up, many-to-many tables are > go, etc, and so on.   But now it'

[PHP] PHP database interface layer

2010-07-22 Thread Marc Guay
Hi everyone, I've built a fairly large normalized database schema for a project. This is fun for me as I like thinking about how everything is interconnected. Foreign keys are all set up, many-to-many tables are go, etc, and so on. But now it's time to create an interface between that database