Re: DBM/A Compatibility Layer

You mean you actually want to see the code ;) I remembered to upload it this time. The direct link is: http://www.brentandtiffany.org/projects/dba/DBA-0.0.7.tar.gz - Brent On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Tomas V.V.Cox wrote: > Please could you post the link to the code (the one in your site doesn't > seem to work). > > Thanks, > > Tomas V.V.Cox > > Brent Cook wrote: > > > > Howdy, > > > > We had discussed earlier the possibility of having a DBM-style database > > compatibility layer to deal with the different DBM database libraries that > > PHP supports in a more consistent manner. To that end, I have written a > > class called DBA. It is a wrapper to the dba_* functions in PHP which > > provides an object interface and returns PEAR-style errors. It also > > implements a complete DBM-style database driver, written in PHP, which > > appears to be about as fast as any of the compiled-in drivers. One of the > > interesting features of the built-in driver is that it logs transactions, > > maintaining data integrity if there is a bug that prevents close() from > > being called properly. > > > > An example of this library's use is as follows: > > > > // $driver can be any of the native drivers, > > // or 'simple' for the built-in driver > > $db = DBA::create('simple'); > > > > $db->insert($key, $value); > > $db->replace($key, $value); > > $db->delete($key); > > > > $db->close(); > > > > Also included is a set of functions that wrap around the built-in DBM > > driver and provide the PHP dba_* functions on systems where they are not > > compiled in. > > > > I would like to include this library in PEAR. The code and some benchmark > > graphs are located here: > > http://www.brentandtiffany.org/projects/dba/news.xml.html > > > > There is a working table and relational database that go along with this, > > but I'm still working on cleaning, optimizing and PEARifying that code. I > > would enjoy any comments on design, utility and naming conventions for > > this library. > > > > - Brent > > > > -- > > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >