RE: [PEAR-DEV] Re: [binarycloud-dev] FW: lets talk "metapear" - politics aside:-)

> Have a look at Smarty 2.0 <http://phpinsider.com>. They > do this and it > works brilliantly (but then what else do you expect when it's coded by > Monte and Andrei?) - they call it a plugin architecture, but I guess you > could call it a package architecture instead :-) ok, I will look at it > >> Another question: Does "metapear" even need to be able to retrieve > resultsets > >> step by step? I really do not see the advantage there. People should > ensure > > Not entirely sure what you mean, but if you're talking about the ability > to do: > while ($row = $result->fetchRow(DB_FETCHMODE_ASSOC)) { > // Massage the data > $data[] = $row; > } > > then I say we need this. I am talking about fetching single cells or rows instead of the entire result set at once > Also, the get*() methods in PEAR-DB are really useful - I know they add > overhead, but for ease of programming they are brilliant. Could someone explain to me the real advantage behind prepare? I think I know part of it but could someone just give me an entire run down? :-) 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 _______________________________