Re: PHP Abstraction layers

--- Francisco Reyes <lists(at)natserv(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>
> > I think ADODB kicks arse. Very fast, etc.
> > Chris
>
> I have got good feedback about ADODB, but has anyone used ADODB and
> PEAR
> DB? I would like some level of comparison.

I find ADODB to be totally overkill and messy for just about any
application. PEAR DB has a nice and clean interface but it is tied
into the still rather immature PEAR classes which bothers me. I
personally use the PHPLIB DB abstraction and I find it very fast and
clean. Each database abstraction library is self-sufficient, unlike
PEAR DB. Plus thousands of programmers have been using PHPLIB for
years so it is mature and has a great user base. It is not perfect
but it has functioned beautifully for several large projects I have
worked on.

Each DB layer has its advantages and disadvantages. My suggestion is
to try each of them for a couple dozen lines of code and see which
one you like.

Brent

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