PDO

[Berislav Lopac]

Has anyone any experience with PDO (http://pecl.php.net/package/PDO)?
According to some rumours, PHP 5.1 will hava a database abstraction layer,
and this seems like a good candidate.

I am especially interested in any comparisons with ADOdb, and particularly
the extension-version of the latter.

Berislav

[Tony Marston]

Re: PDO

PHP does not come with a built-in database abstraction layer - and why
should it? You can always try PEAR DB, or there are plenty of other
variations of a Data Access Object (DAO) out there. I know because I have
written one.

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Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net

"Berislav Lopac" <berislav.lopac @dimedia.hr> wrote in message
news:1dxgy9r25e klw$.1ed8ulvnn8 yiy.dlg@40tude. net...[color=blue]
> Has anyone any experience with PDO (http://pecl.php.net/package/PDO)?
> According to some rumours, PHP 5.1 will hava a database abstraction layer,
> and this seems like a good candidate.
>
> I am especially interested in any comparisons with ADOdb, and particularly
> the extension-version of the latter.
>
> Berislav[/color]

[Berislav Lopac]

Re: PDO

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:53:42 +0100, Tony Marston wrote:
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> PHP does not come with a built-in database abstraction layer - and why
> should it? You can always try PEAR DB, or there are plenty of other
> variations of a Data Access Object (DAO) out there. I know because I have
> written one.[/color]

I know, Tony, I've checked your site. I might agree that PHP might not need
a built-in abstraction layer for databases, but:

a) There is rumour, coming from none else but Zeev from Zend (who said it
in a brief interview with a local Croatian computer magazine), that PHP 5.1
*will* have one.

b) It it a fact that DALs made as extensions are much faster than pure PHP
ones, as proven by the ADOdb extension.

c) PDO exists (check the link in my post), and if they really plan to
include a build-in DAL it certainly seems like a good candidate.
Personally, I use ADOdb and would prefer if they would choose that, but as
it doesn't seem likely I'd like to hear any opinions on PDO as I haven't
yet used it.

Berislav