[PHP] Re: eval()

2002-01-20 Thread Michael Waples
Kunal Jhunjhunwala wrote: Hey Does anybody know if its wise to use eval() ? I know Vbulletin uses it.. but there is something about it I just cant digest.. it seems to be a very powerfull function which can be very easily exploited... anyone else have any thoughts? Regards, Kunal

[PHP] Re: eval()

2002-01-20 Thread Michael Waples
Kunal Jhunjhunwala wrote: Hey, I tend to agree with you. But what is the most effiecent way of using php code in template files then? I am not going to move my templates to a dbase.. thats for sure. Regards, Kunal Jhunjhunwala well for looping through the results of a sql query where

[PHP] Re: What if 1,000 people access the database at one time?

2002-01-25 Thread Michael Waples
Phil Schwarzmann wrote: So let's say Bill is accessing a MySQL table and is about to UPDATE some information on a particular row. Meanwhile, Al is doing a sort on that same table. Couldn't Al's sorting possibly screw up Bill's updating?? Or does MySQL have some built in functions that

[PHP] Re: What if 1,000 people access the database at one time?

2002-01-25 Thread Michael Waples
Michael Waples wrote: Phil Schwarzmann wrote: So let's say Bill is accessing a MySQL table and is about to UPDATE some information on a particular row. Meanwhile, Al is doing a sort on that same table. Couldn't Al's sorting possibly screw up Bill's updating?? Or does MySQL have

[PHP] Re: Mysql / PostgreSQL with PHP

2002-01-28 Thread Michael Waples
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody I'm not sure it is the best place for my question. Until now we were using PHP connecting to an oracle database. We are looking to change for an opensource database for the new applications. Do you know where I can find a recent and objective