[feature] Database Handlers

Poll: Which database handlers would be important to you? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
MS-SQL	25.60%	32	25.60%
DB2	2.40%	3	2.40%
Interbase	4.00%	5	4.00%
Oracle	10.40%	13	10.40%
AWS ...	8.00%	10	8.00%
PDO	49.60%	62	49.60%
Total		125 vote(s)	100%

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[feature] Database Handlers

dave friend
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06-14-2019, 10:34 PM

The Poll asks "Which database handlers would be important to you?" The word "handlers" could be (maybe should be) "drivers", in which case I don't think that PDO should be an option.

Consider the PHP manual's introductory description of PDO:

Quote:The PHP Data Objects (PDO) extension defines a lightweight, consistent interface for accessing databases in PHP.

PDO provides a data-access abstraction layer, which means that, regardless of which database you're using, you use the same functions to issue queries and fetch data.

That text could be used for CodeIgniter's database implementation and be 100% accurate. CodeIgniter database class(es) and PDO are both data-access abstractions.

What's the purpose of creating an abstraction into an abstraction?

PDO is not a database and the poll is about database handlers (drivers).