RE: [PHP-DB] Text database

Hi, PHP is the best platform for database connected web pages; I've learned it with falling and getting up, cause PHP and HTML where totally new to me, but reading a lot on php.net and using/modifying source code from others help a lot. I'd recommend an rdbms anyway cause text files are... just text files ;) Anyway, we're using php 3.0.16 with mssql7, works like a dream. But there is one slight thing about all this, you need to type a hole lot of text to get things running on simple browsers ! Regards, Jeroen. -----Original Message----- From: Ken [mailto:dydx@users.sourceforge.net] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 15:57 To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] Text database Hi, Would like to gather some feedback from the reader of this list. I am thinking of starting a project to build a "poor man"'s content management system and application architecture. Some preliminary description can be found at http://phratry.sourceforge.net/ Things are still at early planning stage. There are some questions that I am struggling with and would like to find feedback on. 1. Since it is a "poor man"'s CMS, should the lowest common denomination requirement be just PHP and text file or PHP and database (probably mySQL) 2. If the LCM is PHP/text file is there a database abstraction that deal with text and rdbms at the same time? I know perl have something like DBI where there are DBDs for text and usual databases. PHP don't seem to have something like this or did I miss out something? 3. Has anyone done or have pointers to such an abstraction? 4. In your opinion how accessible and usable is the PHP/MySQL combination to not so technically inclined people generally. Finally I'm inviting anyone interested to join me in this project. TIA and Ciao! Ken -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net