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PHP

Posted by Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

Code database interaction or use RedBeanPHP

I am working on a site that has complex database usage. I am beginning to understand OOP and more detailed database usage. Should I put my time and effort into learning PDO to access the database or should I use RedBeanPHP? Both require a learning curve but it seems that RedBeanPHP would save a ton of coding time for future projects.

1 Answer

miguelcastro2
miguelcastro2
Courses Plus Student 6,573 Points

Ted,

I think PDO can provide more power and can help you understanding how to work with a database more so than using an ORM solution. PDO is pretty ubiquitous and would be helpful to know if you plan on working on other PHP projects. If you decide to use an ORM solution then I would recommend using Propel or Doctrine which are the more popular and used libraries available.