Re: Mysqli support - test or complain? [SOLVED]

On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 13:02 +0900, Dave M G wrote: > Zoltan, Per, Richard, Chris, Daniel, Larry, > > Thank you for responding. > > I have created a method in the class that handles my database > connections that will first test on extension_loaded(mysqli) before > connecting to the database. > > Then I store the result in a session variable for reference, so future > calls will use the correct mysqli or "regular" syntax. > > Thank you for helping me to find this solution. My scripts are that much > more portable now. You use a session variable for that? That's entirely the wrong place to store something like which database API is installed. It should a class variable or global configuration variable. Heck, I'd say it's more appropriate to do extension_loaded( 'mysqli' ) on every call than to use a session variable. Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ...........................................................