Re: Newbie questions

On Thursday 12 February 2004 01:03, James Marcinek wrote: > I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask: > > 1.) Are there built in libraries to connect to DB2? > Nothings clear from the documentation I've read. I see > that there's libraries for Oracle, Informix, MySQL. Apparently so, ask google. > 2.) If there is a DB2 library(support or whatever its > called, someone enlighten me please with the correct > term!) does anyone know if the Red Hat rpm comes with > the option to support this turned on? Ask RedHat? > 3.) I'm just coming across some information about > PEAR. My question to this: Is it better to use PEAR > than the regular libraries included? What exactly do you mean by "the regular libraries included"? Basically using the PEAR libraries will save you from re-inventing many wheels, the downside being the extra overhead required. www.phpclasses.org is also a great source of classes/libraries. > Anything else anyone could tell me would be great! Depends on what you want to know. Almost every problem that you will come across will be covered in: - the php manual - the list archives - google -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. -- Chou En Lai */