RE: [phplib] Text file database From: Philippe Paravicini (philippe <email protected>)
Date: 08/26/00

Rats! and I thought that Linux/apache/php/MySQL/phplib
*was* the poor man's solution... ;-)

Philippe Paravicini
eCommerce Developer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Chew [mailto:ken <email protected>]
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 7:46 PM
> To: Phplib <email protected> Netuse. De
> Subject: RE: [phplib] Text file database
>
>
>
> Thanks for the respond so far. I think my question wasn't clear the first
> time and too many sub-points that distracts. Shall not respond
> individually
> but will try to summarise.
>
> I wanted to design a system that "poor man" can use.
> Now my definition of "poor man" (note quotes) is that either they
> are limited
> in resources (don't own a server for example), limited in skill
> (don't know
> how to set up), limited time/patience (don't want to spend too much time
> figuring out) or some combinations.
>
> This group includes individual, small intranet or even small
> businesses. They
> probably use a shared server (virtual hosting). Or if they run their own
> server, installed stock packages.
>
> Now not all shared server provide PHP and MySQL. I know of some who just
> provide PHP.
>
> For people who want to install on their own server, set up
> Apache-PHP-MySQL,
> I am not so worried. In fact if they can do that, there are other
> applications out there like Zope, Midgard which are more advance,
> though I
> envision Phratry to be "up there" someday.
>
> Basically I had been along that "poor man"'s path and I think
> this is a space
> we can contribute.
>
> The question I ask myself and hope to get as feedback is
>
> Should the minimum requirement be just PHP, which means I need to
> use flat
> file. Do you think this minimum requirement is helpful or do you
> think most
> people who use PHP use MySQL anyway and we shouldn't bother.
>
> Assuming I choose to support flat file, is there some function
> like DBI-DBD
> in perl where you can drop in a driver whether you use text file
> or database?
> Note I had already decided on PHP, I cite perl DBI as example since I'm
> familar with it.
>
> Since this is the phplib list, I try to stay relevent by asking
> if phplib can
> do that. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Ken
>
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