On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:15:08 +0200, Andrej Mocilnik amocilnik@dotcom.ts.it wrote:
Hi, I'm running PHP5 together with PostgreSQL as DB. I don't know much about MDB2, but I think PDO is the best abstract layer for DB access. Regardless PHP5 vs PHP4, I think OOP is the only way to keep a project flexible while growing and it makes team work easier too. PHP5 can benefits of objects properties like inheritance, abstraction, interfaces, code reuse, exceptions handling,... Programming with object-oriented syntax the code becomes more readable and the project can benefits of it a lot.
In my opinion a real DB abstraction that also abstracts all your SQL queries like MDB2 works against the speed improvements you have when you use PDO. I don't see what's wrong with SELECT * FROM table WHERE id=? compared to $q = new SelectQuery(); $q->selectFrom('table'); $q->where('id', $id);
.. just making this up now, but I think the first one is much more readable.
And honestly, on which databases will Roundcube exist? Most probably 98% MySQL.... don't invest too much time in the 2% other users.... it's not worth the effort!
Mike
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