Re: Proposed updates and extensions to the MySQL extension

On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 09:24:33AM +0000, Phil Driscoll wrote : > On Thursday 03 January 2002 11:08 pm, Zak Greant wrote: > > > > Why? > > > > > > Because not everyone wants to use *(#$&ing objects in a simple script! > > > > No one will be forced to use the wrapper! :) > > Whilst this is true, and I know that you are thoughtful and conciencious > enough to make sure that any new stuff available via OO would also be > available via a procedural interface, I fear that this might be the start of > a trend which would spoil PHP. > > If you are a web applications developer, there are plenty of mainstream > options if you like OO. There are fewer if you prefer procedural code, and > PHP is certainly the natural home for those of us in the latter camp. The > further PHP moves into the OO camp, the less appealing it becomes for the > procedural people. Once we have an OO interface to such a mainstream > extension as mysql (probably *the* most important php extension?), it sends > an important message to users and developers alike. Maybe you missed that ZE2 new major strength will better OOP support. So its a good idea to start getting users used to it because that is were ZE2 (namespaces, etc) will lead us to. -- Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.