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| From | JohnT <john@example.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.php |
| Subject | Re: database access |
| Date | 2011-05-26 13:05 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <irlj7n$oo5$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <7ded58f7-d089-4a1e-ba94-38183b0ec851@z37g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> |
On Wed, 25 May 2011 10:17:48 -0700, Jivanmukta wrote:
> I new relatively new to PHP. I need your opinion if the following set of
> database functions make sense:
>
> function openDatabase() {
> global $db;
> try {
> $db = new PDO('mysql:host=' . MYSQL_SERVER . ';dbname=' .
> MYSQL_DATABASE, MYSQL_USER, MYSQL_PASSWORD);
> $db->exec('SET NAMES latin2');
> $db->exec('SET CHARACTER SET latin2 COLLATE
latin2_general_ci');
> $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,
PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
> register_shutdown_function('closeDatabase');
> } catch (PDOException $e) {
> return false;
> }
> return true;
> }
Looks like real overkill to me.
Do you really need to use PDO ?
Whats wrong with the regular PHP mysql_XXXX() functions ?
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database access Jivanmukta <jivanmukta@poczta.onet.pl> - 2011-05-25 10:17 -0700
Re: database access Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-25 17:37 -0400
Re: database access sheldonlg <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2011-05-26 08:09 -0400
Re: database access Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-26 09:00 -0400
Re: database access sheldonlg <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2011-05-26 10:22 -0400
Re: database access Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-26 11:41 -0400
Re: database access sheldonlg <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2011-05-26 12:07 -0400
Re: database access sheldonlg <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2011-05-26 12:14 -0400
Re: database access sophal chao <w3cyberlearning@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 13:41 -0700
Re: database access Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-29 23:12 -0400
Re: database access JohnT <john@example.com> - 2011-05-26 13:05 +0000
Re: database access Jivanmukta <jivanmukta@poczta.onet.pl> - 2011-05-26 06:37 -0700
Re: database access sheldonlg <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2011-05-26 10:30 -0400
Re: database access sheldonlg <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2011-05-26 10:33 -0400
Re: database access Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-26 11:43 -0400
Re: database access Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-05-26 19:48 +0200
Re: database access Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2011-05-30 10:56 +0200
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