Posted by Ian Collins on 08/15/06 05:20

Craig Taylor wrote:
> Just curious as to opinions on the best DB interface for mysql ... I
> typically use the PEAR DB package but curious as to what others see as
> strengths and weaknesses in PDO, native mysql drivers and others.
>
Having used both PEAR DB and mysql native interface, I prefer the
latter. I can't see any advantages offered by PEAR DB unless you
envisage connecting to more than one database type. I haven't made any
accurate measurements, but my impression was that PEAR DB adds a not
insignificant overhead.

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Ian Collins.

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