Posted by R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah on 01/23/06 07:22

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Jim Michaels wrote:
> "Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:h3rqs15rcpbmm1q61h1sijmgg20s3duteo@4ax.com...
> > On 17 Jan 2006 11:34:37 -0800, sam.s.kong@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >>> Rather than re-invent the wheel, look at:
> >>>
> >>> http://adodb.sourceforge.net/
> >>> http://phplens.com/adodb/reference.functions.getarray.html
<snip>
> > IMHO, ADOdb _is_ the best practice of accessing databases in PHP.

> I also hear it's slower (from another post) than using the direct mysql
> functions.

It's slower because of hard coded stuffs at PHP end. But, it's no
surprise that the abstraction would be slower than native functions.
IMHO, it's always better to move to abstractions 'coz switching to
other DB will be very easy if you use abstraction.

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