[Xerte-dev] Re: PHP compatibility

[Tom Reijnders]

I don't know how much work it is, I have the impression it's not to much, but
haven't investigated yet. But I agree with Pat that we should use an
abstraction layer. As that offers the most flexibillity in the future

I would like to implement MySQLi and PDO to start with.

Fundings are always welcome. I just don't think it is so much work, as we
don't do anything fancy with SQL.

The other thing I would like to do (and I already started on that) for the
next version, is to get rid of the current site_details table, and replace it
with a key,value table.

Tom 

 .On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:50:34 +0100 Julian Tenney  wrote   

 It strikes me this is case where the 'scratch your own itch' principle fails
to provide an optimum solution. Do we need to find some sponsorship to pay for
the work to be done? How much work do you think there is? 

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SUBJECT: [Xerte-dev] Re: PHP compatibility   

 I already formulated my wish to be able to use more db engines than only
mysql/mariadb.

I am willing to spend some time on it. Not sure how far I will get. But, I
simply think that we can't afford to simply formulate our wishes and expect it
to be implemented.

That doesn;t mean that we shouldn't formulate our wishes.

Tom  

 David Goodwin schreef op 15-10-2013 19:12:   

 On 15 Oct 2013, at 18:04, Tom Reijnders  wrote:  

 I understand where you are coming from, and I understand your reasoning. But
I respectfully disagree.

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.

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.
  

 ( See also my previous email)    

 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).   

 thanks,   

 David.   

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