Tag: pdo
Status of PHP PDO_Firebird as of May 2011
Working both with Firebird SQL and PDO (but not yet at the same time) I am interested in the combination of both.
According to the documentation the extension is still in experimental status, but I was still curious about how far it has progressed. I decided to redo the experiments Lorenzo Alberton did in an article in 2006.
I performed these tests on PHP Version 5.3.6 with Firebird 2.5 on a Windows 7 machine.
php5 and firebird pdo driver on #ubuntu / #debian
Here is the guide updated to current ubuntu releases also one thing to notice is php pdo is now core module and should not be installed from pecl repository
Zend Framework seems to support an adapter for Firebird (php_interbase).
Zend Framework seems that support the php_interbase adapter for Firebird , that means you can use it instead of the unstable pdo driver , News via stackoverflow
HowTo:Firebird and php pdo driver on ubuntu
Firebird php pdo driver install guide on Ubuntu using the recommended way from pear or php5 source from Ubuntu [Warning : pdo driver is unstable and is better to use other wrappers for ibase driver] if you want another cross database api (like pdo)]
Firebird do you hear the cries of your PHP users?
Do they exist? Do they make you money (or in the case of Firebird meaningfully extend your community)? Would you be unhappy if support would be dropped in PHP 5.3, in PHP 6.0? Do you have ressources to prevent this from happening, by taking ownership of the code in question?
pdo2 in php – Who needs it?
Following the discussion around PDO2 and CLAs in the PHP world, I read this email
(from Derick) today:
Why not just do the “right thing” ™: