RE: [PHP-DB] Abstraction layer or not?
| From: | John W. Holmes | Date: | Wed, 06 Nov 2002 01:59:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] Abstraction layer or not? | ||
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> I'm working on a new site, and I'm wondering whether to use an
> abstraction layer or not. I don't have any plans to switch DB system,
> but you never know what the future holds. I figure that there's no
> reason not to, but are there any down sides? Which abstraction layers
> are good?
ADOdb is a good one. PEAR also has an abstraction class. Once you get
used to using them, they make things easier over all. I've never
actually switched databases with them, so I don't know how much easier
it makes that. I find them ideal for error catching and reporting.
---John Holmes...