Re: Abstraction layer or not?

> > 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? well, any down side ? may be slower for example. So, if you don't plan to switch db system, the speed of the layer could be your criteria. > 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. I agreed. ADOdb (http://php.weblogs.com/ADODB) is quite nice, fast, (the fatest ?) and very helpful even if you don't change db. See benchmark at http://phplens.com/lens/adodb/. Well, it's from adodb, may be you would find an other one written by those using pear_db. Regards, Philippe