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