RE: [PHP-DEV] Proposed updates and extensions to the MySQL extension

> From: Joao Prado Maia [mailto:jpm@phpbrasil.com] > My personal opinion is that the OOP layer idea is pretty bad. Instead of > having 7 or 8 set of functions to learn, now the newbie will have 8 set of > functions / APIs. The idea might sound very sexy and everything, but the > real problem is that there is already _some_ talks in PEAR-DEV about > trying to create a unified API for all databases (a new one, not PEAR::DB) > which would be eventually be ported to C. yes I second this > From: Phil Driscoll [mailto:phil@dialsolutions.co.uk] > feels 'all wrong' and 'not php'. I'm particularly concerned that we > don't create functionality which is only accessible by OO means. Yes I also see a danger there. Procedural is still the method choosen by most newbies and also used a lot of established (php) professionals. So what ever we do, we should always provide atleast the same level of functionality without the OO interface Best regards, Lukas Smith smith@dybnet.de _______________________________ DybNet Internet Solutions GbR Alt Moabit 89 10559 Berlin Germany Tel. : +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax : +49 30 83 22 50 07 www.dybnet.de info@dybnet.de _______________________________