M.E. Suliman wrote
Is it possible to convert a PHP script that writes and pulls data from a
mySQL database to use text files / database instead.
Yes it is but you could have a job on your hands depending on the
complexity of the script. Personally I favour PHP's serialization
capabilities for flat file work - you can take pretty much any object or
array (or an array of objects, you can nest them as much as you like)
and use serialize() to turn it into a string. You can then save the
string in a text file, and later on re-read it and unserialize it to get
your original data structure back.
However, if the script you are investigating makes heavy use of SQL join
syntax you could have a very nasty job on your hands coming up with data
structures that can be queried in the same way without performance
becoming an issue.
Simon
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