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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>></span>(do you just want to stick to using MySQL/MariaDB) or do you need to support e.g. SQLite (or whatever).<<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think this possibly falls into two categories - essential and desirable<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Essential<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MySQL has always been the requirement and if that now doesn't work on newer PHP reports of it not installing are going to increase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Desirable (for some)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the other hand the one arguably justifiable excuse that the Windows only IT teams have for not installing on in-house servers is that they don't support MySQL only MSSQL. e.g. XOT will hapilly run on Windows + IIS but not MSSQL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Not sure how common the need is for other db's.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ron<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Goodwin<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 October 2013 18:13<br><b>To:</b> For Xerte technical developers<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte-dev] Re: PHP compatibility<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 15 Oct 2013, at 18:04, Tom Reijnders <<a href="mailto:reijnders@tor.nl">reijnders@tor.nl</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I understand where you are coming from, and I understand your reasoning. But I respectfully disagree.<br><br>This is just a typical re-factoring which we will be obliged to do from time to time. No new functionality involved, perhaps new opportunities.<br><br>The question is more MySQLi vs. PDO. Or a more generic approach Like David Goodwin used for authentication. We don't do anything fancy with the database.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>( See also my previous email) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think someone needs to start from stating the requirements (do you just want to stick to using MySQL/MariaDB) or do you need to support e.g. SQLite (or whatever).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Pale Purple Ltd. 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