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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Please test PDO
From: alan@akbkhome.com (Alan Knowles)

It would be usefull if there was a shared struct for this in pdo core: eg.

(in /ext/pdo/php_pdo_drivers_extras.h)

(mysql_do_something_ptr *) mysql_do_something(pdo_stmt_t *,char * 
an_argument)

pdo_driver_extras_mysql {
     mysql_do_something_ptr               *mysql_do_something,
     ....
}

So that other extensions can call these methods without having to link 
to the specific backend, or kludge through call_user_function or something)

Regards
Alan


Wez Furlong wrote:

>Depends on the functionality.
>
>Drivers are free(*) to implement driver specific methods on the PDO
>and PDOStatement objects, provided they are "namespaced"
>
>eg:
>
>$db->mysqlDoSomething()
>
>would be a mysql driver specific feature.
>
>More generic attributes can be accessed or set via the get/setAttribute methods.
>
>(*) while they are "free" to do so, it's better to discuss the feature
>first to see if it can be made into a more generic feature of PDO
>itself.
>
>-Wez.
>
>On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:34:21 +0100, Christian Schneider
><cschneid@cschneid.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Excuse my ignorance, maybe I missed the answer to Lester's question:
>>What's the proposed way of accessing the DB-specific functionality once
>>PDO is there? Is everything available through SQL statements or
>>get/srcAttribute? After a first look at the MySQL functions my guess is
>>that that's the case. At least I can't see anything I need which I
>>couldn't reach that way.
>>    
>>
>
>  
>