Re: PEAR and DB abstraction layer (was: PHPLIB)

On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, Jon Parise wrote: > On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 10:24:09PM -0200, Manuel Lemos wrote: > > I'm my opinion, the right thing to do is to pool all of our efforts > into PEAR. That way, we can treat it as a standard PHP component, and > we don't have to make assumptions about the end user (other than that > they have a recent version of PHP with PEAR). > > Even if the other abstraction implementations are farther along or > just plain work better, they should be merged into PEAR so that all > PHP users can benefit from a common API out of the box. > I think there's a place for different database abstraction layers under the sun. Some can be quite simple - abstracting the methods for accessing databases and looping query result. Others can have added functionality like schema management, data-validation and more (Like Manuel Lemos's Metabase - my personal favorite). Each user can choose his abstraction layer according to his/her needs (or even per projects needs, no need to restrict yourself). I like having many choices in project development, it allows me to find the best solution, instead of using just what you have. -- Meir Kriheli MKsoft computer systems "There's someone in my head but it's not me" - Pink Floyd