X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.193]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1992730F651; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:31:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr1.postgresql.org [64.117.224.193]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39575-08; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:30:52 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mxrelay.ptc.com (poster.ptc.com [12.11.148.30]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8245B30F547; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:30:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from HQ-EXFE4.ptcnet.ptc.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mxrelay.ptc.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id QAA11692; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:30:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hq-mail1.ptcnet.ptc.com ([132.253.201.71]) by HQ-EXFE4.ptcnet.ptc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:30:34 -0400 Received: from ptc.com ([132.253.96.61]) by hq-mail1.ptcnet.ptc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:29:34 -0400 Message-ID: <3EF7632E.9020704@ptc.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:29:34 -0400 From: Erik Price User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Lane Cc: Bruce Momjian , Josh Berkus , Joe Conway , "Advocacy (PostgreSQL)" , PostgreSQL-general Subject: Re: [GENERAL] interesting PHP/MySQL thread References: <200306222159.h5MLxT720807@candle.pha.pa.us> <15339.1056334760@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <15339.1056334760@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jun 2003 20:29:34.0939 (UTC) FILETIME=[28EC52B0:01C339C6] X-Archive-Number: 200306/207 X-Sequence-Number: 1419 Tom Lane wrote: > >>We need to use this opportunity to encourage PHP folks to switch to >>PostgreSQL. > > > Indeed. What can we do exactly? Write a migration tutorial and post it to the major web development sites (webmonkey, sitepoint.com, devshed.com, phpbuilder.com, etc). That's where PHP users are most-influenced. These tutorials have enabled so many people to get into server-side scripting, and most of the tutorials use MySQL. (I speak as a former full-time PHP programmer who did use MySQL for PHP app development, because that's how I learned it.) And, to avoid the connotation of bias, whomever writes such a migration tutorial might want to suggest using the PEAR:DB abstraction layer to avoid migration hassles in the future. http://pear.php.net/ Erik