Database Abstraction

[seangates]

I just wanted to make a plug for database abstraction in your programming. I use a database class called ezSQL. It is by far the easiest I've used and the one that will save you TONS of time when coding, and allow you to move from one DB to another seamlessly.

Also, I think a lot of the newbies in this forum could benefit from a good understanding of the powerful features of OOP in PHP. Anything we can do to help them to do this will make it easier for us and them.

Thanks,
Sean

[ronverdonk]

I use this class sometimes, but my problem is: I like technical programming, so I don't really want something that makes it easy for me. However, it is a good class if you don't want too much time coding mySQL statements yourself.

Since this is not a real PHP or MySQL issue, I'll move this thread to the Techie Talk forum.

Ronald :cool:

[ronverdonk]

Sorry I was cut off by myself. What I wanted to state was further:
What I meant was, of course, you don't want too much time spending the actual language dependent statements. Of course you'll have to know the SQL itself you have to use.

It is a good class when you are frequently writing code for diferent types of relational databases. Then you don't have to learn all the (sometimes complicated) ways of accessing the db and extracting the results.

But for me, I'll stay with 'naked' code.

Ronald