Re: [pear-webmaster] Object oriented design for the backend

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:07:03 +0200 mj@php.net (Martin Jansen) wrote: > We'll see. Using 4.1 is absolutely no hard requirement in my > book. Neither in mine. Even not MySql itself :) > > internal classes. Maybe it's a good idea to have all common > > classes in a basic version inside the installer and a derived > > version for the web stuff, so that we can saftly modify things, > > without damaging the installer? > I have been thinking about this as well, but I haven't come up > with a good solution yet. The good solution is to move the installer out of the pearweb tree. And then yes, use/extends/override it. > > In general, I think, when we start reworking the backend, we can > > more or less do a complete refactoring, introducing templates > > and stuff. > > I would like to first concentrate solely on the backend. Revising > the frontend should be a separate step. Fully agreed. Doing that also move the frontend out of the backend (sounds obvious but not really the case right now :) ). The model sounds good here, some pedantics thingies but after a quick review and compares, everything is covered. About the DB, I do not feel good to be MySql dependent. I'm more to be DB independent. --Pierre