Posted by Colin McKinnon on 11/17/05 23:54

DartmanX wrote:

> I'm looking for any comparisons of PHP Database Abstraction Layers out
> there, with an eye towards speed/efficiency. I'm still using PEAR::DB,
> which obviously leaves something to be desired.
>
> I'm at a point now where I can look at switching to a better system.
>
It's kind of a moving target. PHP now ships with DBX, has long supported
ODBC (although that doesn't provide a lot of abstraction - and does add
complexity). ADODB has been around a while and seems well liked. Newest kid
on the block is Service Data Objects
(http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-sdophp/?ca=dgr-lnxw82PHP-SDO)
Searching phpclasses.org for database abstraction brings up a bewildering
array of choices.
ISR that Manuel Lemos is currently working on a thing....metabase.

HTH

C.

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