Database Compatability?

[kaushiks]

Hi guys,

i m new to php and wud like to clear out some of my queries

which Databases are compatible with php?



with best regards
kaushik

[CornedBee]

PHP has direct support for the SDKs of the following databases (list incomplete):
DBM-style databases (BerkeleyDB and others)
asa DB++ (experimental)
fileProx (read-only)
Firebird/InterBase
FrontBase
IBM DB2, IBM Cloudscape, Apache Derby
Informix
Ingres II
Lotus Notes (experimental, not maintained)
MySQL MaxDB
MSSQL
mSQL
MySQL (classic)
MySQL (MySQLi, supports MySQL 4.1+ features, only PHP 5+)
Oracle
Ovrimos SQL
PostgreSQL
SESAM
SQLite
Sybase
Adabas D
Solid

In addition, various uniform interfaces are available:
ODBC: can access any database with an ODBC driver.
dbx: supports FrontBase, MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Oracle, SQLite, or any ODBC database.
PDO (PHP Data Object, experimental, PHP 5+): supports all database with modules for them, currently Firebird, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, or any ODBC database.
PEAR::DB: currently supports Firebird, InterBase, Informix, mSQL, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Sybase, or any ODBC database.

[mendhak]

Dude, why have you posted the same question in 3 different places (at last count)? You're at the risk of getting half the answers. And it's not looked upon nicely.