R: [Phplib-users] PEAR versus phplib

[Gaetano G. <giu...@se...>]

Disclaimer: I am not an official phplib programmer. And this reply is =
way off-topic...

> Hi,
>=20
> just for being up-to-date: Is there any news about the=20
> progress with PEAR
> in comparison to phplib? I remember some speed comparisons with MySQL
> where phplib's db_mysql.inc eventually turned out to be the winner
> concerning performance.
>=20

There were some tests done not too long ago done by the coder of the =
ADODB library, concerning DB access speed. ADODB was a clear winner, if =
I remember correctly.
IMHO the big advantages of using an universal db-acces framework are =
ease of use and consistency, not speed. Speed varies much depending on =
wether you use bind variables and stored procedures (talking about =
Oracle, other DBs have different rules), so I spend my time optimizing =
SQL rather than PHP code...

I use my own DB access library (based on PhpDB and haevily tweaked) for =
db access, and have modified phplib to sit on top of it: I really do not =
like too much the pear-db design.

On the other hand PEAR is (was?) distributed along with PHP, so it has a =
clear advantage over phplib.
It also is being developed really more actively than phplib is. I have =
heard people complaining about phplib not incorporating patches very =
quickly, and traffic on this list dropped dead when it moved to =
sourceforge (actually I had unsubscribed beforehand coz it was too =
much).

But I would really like to see phplib thrive and get better.

My own wishes:
- make it compatible with REGISTER_GLOBALS OFF! Either have 2 API sets =
or just dump the old code, I don't mind too much as long as it is =
compatible with new releases of PHP.
- provide alternatives to the db-access layer, e.g. better integration =
w. adodb or pear-db etc...
- provide integration with other php projects that do all the =
auth-session over again, e.g. phpBB

Bye, Gaetano

Oh, and yes, I know, this is open source, so if I need something I can =
do it myself...