| What is a Web Database? | | | | it Apache, Personal Web Server, or whatever) |
| | | | will execute before sending those pages to a |
| A web database is a database for the | | | | browser that requests them. |
| internet. You can get access to your data via | | | | |
| the internet from anywhere in the world. Or, | | | | PHP is easy to use for web development |
| you can create a database driven website by | | | | because it has been designed from the onset |
| using such databases. A web database stores | | | | for the web environment. PHP has many |
| large amount of information in an organized | | | | built-in functions that make web programming |
| format that is easily accessible from | | | | simpler, so that programmers can focus on the |
| scripting languages (like PHP). | | | | logic of programming without wasting precious |
| | | | development time. |
| In web databases, modifications, like the | | | | |
| ones constantly used by e-commerce sites, for | | | | PHP as a language has its own way of doing |
| example, can be performed without any hassles | | | | things, and at the same time, has borrowed |
| .That makes the dense editing of the html | | | | features from other languages. But for many |
| code obsolete. Repeated types of data, like | | | | people, the main reason for learning a |
| contact information, can be generated | | | | scripting language like PHP is because of the |
| automatically in your website through a web | | | | interaction with databases it can offer. |
| database. | | | | Moreover, PHP is cross platform i.e. it |
| | | | allows you to use/develop your solution on |
| Daffodil DB: A web database | | | | multiple OSs. |
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| Daffodil DB is a J2EE-certified, SQL-99 and | | | | PHP is one of the fastest growing server side |
| JDBC standards compliant Java RDBMS. It is | | | | scripting languages around and you need to |
| the first java database which is compatible | | | | add it to your current arsenal of Perl, ASP, |
| with PHP. With the release of PHP extension | | | | JSP, JavaScript, VBScript, Java... |
| module, Daffodil DB has joined the select | | | | |
| list of Java enabled web databases. | | | | PHP and Daffodil DB: Together...? |
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| Daffodil DB is an ideal for anyone who is | | | | Daffodil has come up with a PHP extension |
| looking for a web database. It can be | | | | module that makes Daffodil DB/One$DB |
| embedded within any application and delivers | | | | compatible with PHP. It is a database |
| high performance with minimum system resource | | | | extension module driver that is required to |
| usage - thereby striking the right balance | | | | work with Daffodil DB in PHP. This extension |
| between size, features and performance. At | | | | module uses the capabilities of a Java |
| less than 3 MB, Daffodil DB is a small | | | | database and extends it to your web |
| compact database. | | | | infrastructure. |
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| Daffodil DB can run on virtually any platform | | | | By using this extensive module, PHP |
| as it supports all platforms for which a Java | | | | developers can create sophisticated |
| Virtual Machine (JVM) is available. These | | | | data-driven web applications, having Daffodil |
| include Windows, Linux, Solaris and UNIX. | | | | DB as a web database, in a fraction of the |
| With the help of Daffodil DB, developers can | | | | time and with reduced cost. |
| build applications for any platform and these | | | | |
| can be compiled and delivered on all other | | | | PHP extension for Daffodil DB provides a |
| major platforms. | | | | simple, yet effective means for connecting to |
| | | | Daffodil DB from within PHP. The JVM is |
| PHP | | | | created using JNI invocation interface and |
| | | | everything runs in-process. |
| PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) is an open | | | | |
| source server-side scripting language that is | | | | This PHP Extension module will boost open |
| particularly suited for web development and | | | | Source activities around Daffodil DB. |
| can be used to generate dynamic web content. | | | | Moreover, open Source stack -Linux, Apache, |
| | | | One$DB, and PHP; all being open source |
| PHP scripts are embedded within web pages | | | | products, will give an ultimate combination |
| along with HTML, similar to other web | | | | to web development community. |
| scripting languages such as Microsoft's ASP | | | | |
| or Sun Microsystems's JSP. Like ASP and JSP, | | | | PHP is platform independent, Daffodil DB is |
| PHP runs on the web server when a page is | | | | platform independent. PHP is free; so as |
| requested via HTTP, rather than on the Web | | | | Daffodil DB (open source version).PHP is open |
| browser or other client. | | | | source; Daffodil DB has an open source |
| | | | version. So What about using the powers of |
| PHP lets you insert instructions into your | | | | two most promising technologies, PHP and |
| Web pages that your Web server software (be | | | | Daffodil DB, together...? |