RE: [PHP] php vs cold fusion
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Wed, 01 Nov 2000 04:02:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] php vs cold fusion | ||
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> > ===
> > A key concern for us is PHP's lack of a standardized database
> > API: To access the Oracle database we were using, we had to
> [snip]
> > ===
> >
> > this is what PHPLIB is there for! $db->query($query); and
> > that's it! Use it with Oracle, ODBC, MySQL, PostgeSQL with
> > whatever SQL will ever exist!
>
> Yes, but it's an add-on, when it should be a standard feature.
How it is an add-on? It ships with every copy of PHP 4 and installs
itself. If you have PHP 4 you have the DB abstraction layer. It is as
standard as it will ever get.
-Rasmus