PHP database connectiong libraries (something works like JDBC for Java)?

[searain]

So when using Java to connect to database, it is through JDBC. So the java appliaction will be universal as long as that database is SQL database which JDBC can connect to.

As in php, if we write an application for MySQL, we have to modify the codes if we want switch to FireBird.

Is there a php databaes connection library, like JDBC for java, that separate the php from database, working as the media between them.

So the php application could be universal to any database?

if there is, how stable and user friendly the php database connection library is?

Thanks!

[rachel2004]

http://pear.php.net/packages.php?catpid=7&catname=Database

You probably are looking for Pear's DB package.

[Shrike]

JDBC is the Java version of ODBC which comes built in to PHP. PEAR's database class is a PHP native abstraction layer (which supports ODBC if I remember correctly).