Prerequisites
The following is list of prerequisites and assumptions needed for writing a PDO database driver:
-
A working target database, examples, demos, etc. working as per vendor specifications;
-
A working development environment:
-
Linux: standard development tools, gcc, ld, make, autoconf, automake, etc., versions dependent on distribution;
-
Other Unix: standard development tools supplied by vendor plus the GNU development tool set;
-
Win32: Visual Studio compiler suite;
-
-
A working PHP environment version 5.0.3 or higher with a working PEAR extension version 1.3.5 or higher;
-
A working PDO environment (can be installed using 'sudo pecl install PDO'), including the headers which will be needed to access the PDO type definitions and function declarations;
-
A good working knowledge of the C programming language;
-
A good working knowledge of the way to write a PHP extension; George Schlossnagle's Advanced PHP Programming (published by Developer's Library, chapters 21 and 22) is recommended;
-
Finally, a familiarity with the Zend API that forms the heart of PHP, in particular paying attention to the memory management aspects.
English translation
You have asked to visit this site in English. For now, only the interface is translated, but not all the content yet.If you want to help me in translations, your contribution is welcome. All you need to do is register on the site, and send me a message asking me to add you to the group of translators, which will give you the opportunity to translate the pages you want. A link at the bottom of each translated page indicates that you are the translator, and has a link to your profile.
Thank you in advance.
Document created the 30/01/2003, last modified the 26/10/2018
Source of the printed document:https://www.gaudry.be/en/php-rf-internals2.pdo.prerequisites.html
The infobrol is a personal site whose content is my sole responsibility. The text is available under CreativeCommons license (BY-NC-SA). More info on the terms of use and the author.
References
These references and links indicate documents consulted during the writing of this page, or which may provide additional information, but the authors of these sources can not be held responsible for the content of this page.
The author This site is solely responsible for the way in which the various concepts, and the freedoms that are taken with the reference works, are presented here. Remember that you must cross multiple source information to reduce the risk of errors.