Posted by NC on 03/11/06 20:29

lawrence k wrote:
>
> I wrote a simple CMS for personal use. I'm thinking of using it for
> other clients now. It's use of the database is slow and inefficient.
> I'm thinking of switching to the PEAR class listed here:
>
> http://pear.php.net/package/DB
>
> What do people think of it?

Personally, I think it's a resource hog and a performance drag. As a
matter of fact, all DB abstraction layers are. For more information,
see here:

http://phplens.com/lens/adodb/

So you should avoid using abstraction layers whenever possible.

Cheers,
NC

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