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Posted by NC on 12/03/05 20:01
nc wrote:
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> Anyone able to help me out and tell me if there is a
> default datafile type installed with PHP?
No. PHP can be configured to work with ODBC and almost any major
database management system, both commercial (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2,
etc.) and open-source (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite). The key word,
however, is CAN. If you plan on deploying your application on
third-party servers (such as Web hosting services), you need to know
what database connectivity these servers have, because their
administrators will most likely be unwilling to accommodate your
requests for changes in PHP configuration and installing database
servers you want.
> If there is no default datafile type,
I think you should change your terminology. "Datafile type" is
something you deal with in desktop databases. When writing PHP
applications, you work with a client-server system, with PHP operating
the client and the database management system working as the server.
SQLite is about the only exception to this rule.
> what would be the most common type of datafile
The database management system most commonly used with PHP is MySQL.
> and does the server type matter (ie, IIS / apache)
> matter in this instance?
No, as long as PHP is configured correctly. Moreover, PHP and the
database server can even reside on different physical machines under
different operating systems.
Cheers,
NC
[No, this is not a message to myself... :) ]
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