Re: [PHP-DEV] eWeek article From: André Langhorst (A.Langhorst <email protected>)
Date: 11/08/00

> This abundance of extensions also leads to a lack of consistency in
> the APIs. Users must make a concerted effort to keep track of the
> independently changing components of PHP they are using.

well, guessing what they encountered - the PEAR project should be
forced, as discussed

> A key concern for us is PHP's lack of a standardized database API: To
> access the Oracle database we were using, we had to code directly to
> the Oracle8 API, making our pages very nonportable and upping

sure, I think they did not even notice that PEAR is present...

> development costs. There are some ongoing projects in this area,
> including an effort to port Microsoft's ADO API to PHP.

what´s that project?

> Integrated development tools and debuggers for PHP are scarce (we
> could only find one, Ives Development Inc.'s Nexidion Designer, which
> is nearing Version 1.0 status).

that´s a very good point

> Also, any organization doing
> clustering or failover with PHP is in largely uncharted waters.

incapable of remembering the discussion on the list I´d say this is a
point, too
andré 

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