Chapter 11. The Apache Database Framework

Many web applications involve an SQL database back end. The classic architecture for this is LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl, Python, or PHP. LAMP has been in widespread use for a full decade, and in terms of its fundamental architecture has remained essentially unchanged since mod_perl introduced the persistent database connection in 1996. In addition to LAMP and other applications, databases are used in a number of stand-alone applications, such as authentication, logging, and dynamic configuration.

This chapter describes the Apache database framework, by exploring the following topics:

  • The need for a new framework
  • The DBD architecture
  • The apr_dbd API (database operations)
  • The ap_dbd API (database ...

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