Thread: PHP and Postgresql on Windows

PHP and Postgresql on Windows

From
typing80wpm@aol.com
Date:
What would I need to do to make PHP, installed on my desktop, talk to Postgresql.  I have several CDS with WAMP installs (Windows Apache Mysgl PHP).   Would I use some special driver to allow PHP to connect to Postgresql?  I am going to search on google as soon as I post, but just curious if someone has a word of wisdom. Thanks

Re: PHP and Postgresql on Windows

From
David Roussel
Date:
Try PEAR DB.
http://pear.php.net/package/DB

It's a database abstraction layer, which means that you can change DB
later, with less hasle.

Have a look at how phpPgAdmin works.  Download the source and have a
look.
http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/


On 22 Apr 2005, at 20:04, typing80wpm@aol.com wrote:

> What would I need to do to make PHP, installed on my desktop, talk to
> Postgresql.  I have several CDS with WAMP installs (Windows Apache
> Mysgl PHP).   Would I use some special driver to allow PHP to connect
> to Postgresql?  I am going to search on google as soon as I post, but
> just curious if someone has a word of wisdom. Thanks

Re: PHP and Postgresql on Windows

From
Hannes Dorbath
Date:
On 23.04.2005 00:03, David Roussel wrote:
> Try PEAR DB.
> http://pear.php.net/package/DB
>
> It's a database abstraction layer, which means that you can change DB
> later, with less hasle.

http://www.powerpostgresql.com/Downloads/database_depends_public.swf :)

I really dislike db abstraction layers and PEAR::DB being one of the
worst of all ;p

Just look at the ugly code like the LIMIT emulation for DBMS that don't
support it native. If you want to use the limited feature set provided
by PEAR::DB there is little point in using PostgreSQL at all. Just pick
a stupid storage engine like MySQL or SQLite and go on ;)