RE: [PEAR-DEV] Database Abstraction Layer

Please check the archives. We are actually currently seeing if we can get all of the features that Metabase combined with an easy top use API (modelled after PEAR DB). 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 _______________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: Kostas Pyliouras [mailto:kostas@pyliouras.de] > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 8:42 PM > To: pear-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: [PEAR-DEV] Database Abstraction Layer > > hi, > > i want to start a discussion, because i got > confused. i'm developing database software with php. > initially i used the common functions mysql_* or pg_*. then i moved to > phplib to have more flexibility and to be able to port my applications. > well, now i have to code a more complex application that needs > transactions > and has to be scalable enough for "heavy business". > so i started to look out for solutions: > > i found: > - adodb > - metabase > - pear > > i am very confused, because i thought that pear is meant to be the > "code-central", but i read in the newsgroups that pear the pear group > starts > its own approach of coding a database abstraction layer. > > all of the coders are open-source-ppl but it seems to me that there wasn't > a > real try to combine alle that work to one big one into pear. > > i would like to know what other people think about that ? which solution > would be the best considering flexibility and secure programming ? > > thx in advance > i would appreciate a nice discussion > kostas pyliouras > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: pear-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: pear-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net