Posts Tagged ‘database’

The use of abstraction layers is a controversial topic among PHP users. There are many reasons why people use them, and likewise why they don’t. The fact is, abstraction layers will always be around and they provide a very quick way of creating applications, even though for very high traffic sites, it may be a performance hit to use large libraries if they aren’t properly scripted. In this article I will be going through the advantages and disadvantages of using the ADODB database abstraction layer. This article is biased in it’s favour but I will also be discussing the disadvantages.

Yup its true… I actually deleted the database that powers the content for this site. All of my previous posts and your comments have been lost. I’m trying to salvage what I can from the cached files of search engines. I’m finding a lot but its going to take a while to get it all back in shape.