Jeremy Zawodny's Blog: Database Abstraction Layers Must Die!

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Courtesy PHPDeveloper.org  Fri, 07/10/2009 - 11:03

Jeremy Zawodny has shared his opinion on database abstraction layers in PHP applications - they need to die.

Beware of men preaching of false hope. Take, for example, the way some folks feel like they need a database abstraction layer in their applications.

[...] So why do folks do it? Because PHP is also a programming language and they feel the need to "dumb it down" or insulate themselves (or others) from the "complexity" of PHP. ...


 

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