Re: Contributing / DB_Object

MARTY Fabien wrote: > > (Alan) > > you may want to look at > > > > > > http://www.akbkhome.com/Projects/db_oo+-+an+object+based+Sql+builder+and+wr > >apper+for+peardb/usage.html > > I'm still trying to get more docs up, but this design is more object > > based, most of the methods take no arguments, and usually no more than > > two are in the core class.. > > IMO the design you had is not really taking much advantage of > > class/objects, rather just wrapping functions in classes.. (but I'm no > > expert :) > > You are right. But in my case, I don't really need to advantages of > class/object. Maybe, i can add a constructor in order to remove the $db from > the arguments of methods. But... in the most of uses, it add one line to > write for user. > > But I'm very surprised by the class db_oo. It seems to be excellent (when i > look to the examples). Very nice class indeed. I could share some code to add AND/OR SQL functionality. My fear with that classes is the support for JOIN/UNIONs, do that class support them? > Why is this class not in PEAR CVS ??? Why is this > class not in PEAR packages ??? Alan is always welcome to suggest the class for being part of PEAR and get his CVS account if he already don't have one :) > Is there a roadmap for PEAR (Thinks to do...) > ? There is a TODO file under the pear/ module. Note that is only related to the infrastucture, not the classes as that is a matter of the author. BTW I remember someone wanting to implement this functionally for the PEAR Web. > And who decides to add a new package or even a new cvs account ? > We in pear-dev. I recommend you to read the FAQ at http://pear.php.net/faq.php. Tomas V.V.Cox