Presenting the latest edition of The ZendCon Sessions. The podcast that rebroadcasts sessions/talks from the last ZendCon PHP Conference. This episode of The ZendCon Sessions was recorded live at ZendCon 2008 in Santa Clara, CA and features Wez Furlong giving his talk: “PDO: PHP Data Objects”

Learning PHP Data Objects is an introduction to the new PDO data abstraction system included in PHP5. PDO is widely accepted as an effective option for database access while keeping in line with best practices. In Learning PHP Data Objects, the author Dennis Popel examines this new system and explains how to begin using PDO in development as a replacement for typical database drivers. The book is an excellent introduction to the data abstraction layer and also provides essential insight into the inner workings of database interaction with PHP.

p. This is a very quick tutorial on how to allow developers to develop using the Zend Framework without having to or being able to install PDO on their servers.

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