Re: Couldn't find your reference

Hello, I was asked by some people from the list about the Slashdot's references regarding to the lack of database abstraction in PHP. At least the e-mail address of one of them was incorrect, so I thought that this forum will be good too. BTW: Next time before sending questions to me, please check your e-mail address. > I looked far and wide on the Slashdot website, but was not able to > find any reference to Perl+DBI. Was it supposed to be in the inverview > with the PHP developers (which I also read through)? There were many references about the lack of database abstraction in PHP, but since you asked only about the comparison with DBI, it will be shorter and easier for me to give three references. To save your time, I'll quote some words for each reference: --------------------------------------------------------------------- DBI is database interface independent PHP not: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/11/15/1356226&cid=37 Bingo. This (database interface dependency) IMO is the biggest problem that needs to be solved with PHP. It supports a wide variety of databases with APIs that are very similar in function, but they're all different. We do a lot of work with MySQL and Oracle around here, and with Perl/DBI you can often go from one to the other with no changes at all (except the connection string). It couldn't possibly be easier. Something like DBI could probably be done in PHP. It would be an enormous advantage: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/11/15/1356226&cid=50 There are two things that I really miss in php, as you pointed out, DBI rocks: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/11/15/1356226&cid=64 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to my words: Though I don't think that opinions from Slashdot should dictate the development decisions of PHP, they second the feeling I already got from customers. It seems that the most annoying thing for users of PHP (not students or freaks who use it at home and who didn't ever see a real commercial database, but corporate users) is the lack of such an interface. -- Eli Marmor