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Database Portability
Mar 16, 2005 @ 16:33:46

Paul Jones wrote in to tell us about a new posting over on his blog concerning Database Portability.

When we talk about database "portability" in PHP, we need to discuss three separate concepts.

  • API portability
  • Data type portability
  • Command and service portability
A little teaser: what's going to really bake your noodle is what this says about data type portability.

He talks about the above three topics, giving a few examples to help clarify the situation. It's an interesting take on the whole portability issue and how it relates to PHP and the APIs several sites use...

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