Comments on: PHP, Pear MDB2 and PostgreSQL

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:27:27 +0000

Sorry but I don’t know. Btw, this looks like an old package that you shouldn’t be using.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:08:27 +0000

Do you know how to install XML_HTMLSax package?
thanks.

as I tried
# pear install XML_HTMLSax
No releases available for package “pear.php.net/XML_HTMLSax”
Cannot initialize ‘channel://pear.php.net/XML_HTMLSax’, invalid or missing package file
Package “channel://pear.php.net/XML_HTMLSax” is not valid
install failed

By: juankprada

juankprada — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:29:45 +0000

maybe its just me…. but i find using Zend Framework easier than raw php
you should give it a try. It’s not that difficult and you will find yourself spending less time on repetitive code. =)

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:06:08 +0000

Hi, I never used PHP frameworks because my usage is pretty basic MDB2 was simply a way to make a simple PHP code better without learning anything hard.

By: juankprada

juankprada — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:37:53 +0000

I wonder if you have ever heard of Zend Framework, using Zend_Db class you have the option to connect to any of those DBs and without using any SQL code which makes it even easier to write portable php code, you just define the type of db in a config file and set the right one to be used in the application

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:32:32 +0000

There is no big difference as far as I know, but I usually prefer pear modules as they are really easy to install and upgrade. And besides that, PDO needs to be compiled with PHP, it’s less flexible.

If you don’t want to use the RPM’s for pear, you can install all the above modules just by typing:
$ pear install MDB2
$ pear install MDB2#mysql
$ pear install MDB2#pgsql

Quick, easy, clean. But you are right, it’s a matter of choice.

By: Scott Baker

Scott Baker — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:16:40 +0000

What makes MDB2 any different than PDO? PDO comes pre-compiled in PHP and would most likely be quicker to get up an running and running than a PEAR module.