RE: [PHP4BETA] Easier Porting To Different Databases

Thanks Manuel, To explain a little more where I was coming from : I am comparing php4 to mod_perl for use in building commercial web applications. I like php4 better ( easy to use , simple to create sessions, v.good http support ) but there is one area where mod_perl is way superior ( common database calls using native connections with no apparent performance penalty ). I thought that to add this to php4 would turn a great tool into an unbeatable one ! I am aware that I can use php4 to write wrapper functions to achieve what I want, but I believe that to achieve good performance these need to be at the php4 source level - rather than built using php4 itself.... I will have a look at metabase to see if it does what I want ( would be great if it does ) Cheers Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Manuel Lemos [SMTP:mlemos@acm.org] > Sent: Friday, 3 March 2000 07:37 > To: Mark Kirkwood > Cc: php4beta@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] Easier Porting To Different Databases > > Hello Mark, > > On 01-Mar-00 20:13:50, you wrote: > > >I am curious to know if there are plans to "regularise" database calls in PHP > >so that it is simpler to port a PHP application from one database to another. > > >For instance Mysql and Postgresql have very similar PHP calls, but Oracle is > >completely different. > > If you haven't been following the discussions here, there are plans to have > a database abstraction layer in PEAR, a PHP code repository still up to be > built. It has been said it is going to be a basic thing, so I suspect that > it won't completely handle the differences between all the DBMS. > > Anyway, it is something still being developed. If you are looking for > something that it is ready for use now, completely handles the DBMS > differences and it has been developed and well tested for over a year, > maybe you would like to try this PHP package named Metabase: > > http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/browse.html/package/20 > > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos > > Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. > Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org > -- > E-mail: mlemos@acm.org > URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ > PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp > -- > > > -- > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net