Advanced PHP for Web Professionals

Using Pear::DB

Although PHP's DBX functions are useful on simple sites, there is a more feature-rich solution available for sites that require greater complexity in their database use. This solution is PEAR::DB.

PEAR—PHP Extension and Application Repository

PEAR is a “framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components.”^[1] PEAR provides “modules” along the lines of the PERL CPAN module set. Think of the modules as libraries of prebuilt components that you can use to make your PHP coding easier. PEAR is currently in beta and is under heavy development, but it already contains many useful modules that you can use in your own projects. PEAR provides open-source modules, distribution and maintenance for those modules, and a coding standard ...