Database - Triggers or no Triggers?

I usually handle this in the model through PHP. The only real reasons I can think of for this preference are:
- I don't have to rewrite the triggers if I change databases (not a likely occurrence for me, but it was one of the reasons)
- I can code the behavior once in my base model (or, in this case, most of the code was written by someone else) and control whether it's used on a particular model with a boolean value, rather than defining a new set of triggers for each table.

I'm sure if I really put my mind to it I could find a way to easily define the triggers in any supported database, but I really didn't give the option much thought when I made the decision (I really didn't even give it enough consideration to think of it as a conscious choice).

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