Re: Abstraction library

On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 11:23 -0500, David McGlone wrote: > On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 12:27 +0000, Lester Caine wrote: > > David McGlone wrote: > > > Hi everyone I got a quick question. I'm wondering if anyone is using a > > > DB abstraction layer such as PEAR DB. I've used PEAR DB in the past and > > > knew it's been on it's way to extinction, but never looked into > > > alternatives or any other way to replace it. Now this has come back to > > > bite me in the rear and I don't know what to do. Is PEAR useful anymore > > > at this point? Am I better off just writing my own? I hate the thought > > > of having to change my habits I've had for so long, but I guess that's > > > how it has to be. Maybe I should have rolled my own in the first place > > > and I wouldn't have had to rely on something that's not guaranteed :-/ > > > > Pear DB was superseded by MDB2 > > http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2 but that has not > > been updated in the last year. > > PDO is a half way house to an abstraction layer and while it is having minor bug > > fixes, it is not really abstraction layer, only a different way of interfacing > > to the drivers. It does nothing for > > I'm still using ADOdb http://adodb.sourceforge.net/ > > which I've had no problems > > with in the last 10 years and on the whole transparently switches between > > databases ( including PDO drivers if you want ;) ). It even includes it's own > > cache which can help with repetitive stuff. It is still actively supported, and > > is used by a number of large projects. > > Lester, that sounds good. By any chance would you know how much they > differ and the learning curve between the two? I forgot to add that I took a look at some examples and it looks almost exactly like PEAR. I'm more less worrying about anything drastic I may run into once I've gotten so far into the project. I'm afraid it would be a big setback. -- David M.