Re:Ask YC: Those using PHP, what do you use for talking to y...
by compay on Monday August 11, 2008 @01:50PM
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That's a good point. In 10 years I've only had to do that once.
Still, I like using an abstraction layer because they tend to hide the quirks of the particular database - I use MySQL, Postgres and SQLite all fairly often, and by using PHP's PDO I can not worry about the differences as much as if I were using the database-specific drivers.
Still, I like using an abstraction layer because they tend to hide the quirks of the particular database - I use MySQL, Postgres and SQLite all fairly often, and by using PHP's PDO I can not worry about the differences as much as if I were using the database-specific drivers.