Database Abstraction

[Anon]

I'm doing a proof of concept for an application that is currently written in Java and have a couple of questions regarding DB extraction.

The application is obviously web based and simply needs to be able to manipulate a database through form submission, and must support Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase and Oracle.

Any suggestions or ideas on the best approach would be very much appreciated. I know PHPLIB has some DB abstraction stuff but would like to avoid PHPLIB if possible.

Thanks in advance,

Matt

[Anon]

I've been using PHPLIB's DB abstraction layer for more than a year, and I like it.

However, I think that there is more future in PEAR (PHP's equivalent to CPAN), although PEAR still needs a lot of documentation.

If I were starting a new project from scratch now, I'd probably go for PEAR's DB-abstraction, due to the potential integration with the other parts of PEAR.