Re: PHP vs. 2 database softwares

From: Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:59:59 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP vs. 2 database softwares
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I have connected simultaneously to interbase, mysql, postgresql, oracle, mssql, microsoft access, foxpro in one script. You just configure PHP to be compiled with multiple database options. Simple. - John "Scott Fletcher" <scott@abcoa.com> wrote in message news:20011001161038.22779.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi! > > I found that PHP can be compiled and work with only one database > software. You won't be able to have PHP to work with 2 seperate database > softwares. (You can compile it but it will work only with one databse > software, not both, no matter what). I checked the php "./configure" file > and found that it is not design to include 2 seperate databases when you > want it to. > > Man, it would be very nice to have PHP to work with multiple database > softwares. The only way you can have PHP to work with more than 1 database > softwares, then you would need to compile PHP & Apache to work with one > database. Then re-configure and re-compile PHP & Apache to a seperate > directory. That way, you will have 2 apaches and run them together. There > is no other way! > > Thanks, > Scott > >

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