Database common API
[Database]

Classes
interface	utyDb
	Data Access interface. More...
Functions
	utydb_phpfilename ($dbtype)
	utydb_create ($dbtype)
	utydb_types ()

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Function Documentation

utydb_create

(

$

dbtype

)

Parameters:

dbtype

(string) one of the supported db types. e.g. 'sqlite' or 'mysql'

Returns:

an object of type utyDb<ext-mame> e.g. utyDbSqlite, utyDbMySql

NOTABENE: dbtypes values are ALL LOWERCASE but class names ARE NOT: this function return the result given by utydb_$dbtype_create() defined in each utydb.$dbtype.php file e.g. utydb.sqlite.php => utydb_sqlite_create(), utydb.mysql.php => utydb_mysql_create() (the class name can be retrieved with the php function get_class(<object returned by utydb_create>).

See also:

utydb_types() for a list of supported types

utydb_phpfilename

(

$

dbtype

)

Parameters:

dbtype

(string) one of the supported db types. e.g. 'sqlite', 'mysql'

Returns:

the full path to the php script filename corresponding to dbtype

NOTABENE: dbtypes values are ALL LOWERCASE. Filenames are utydb.$dbtype.php all lowercase, e.g. utydb.sqlite.php, utydb.mysql.php. Use this naming convenction if you write another db extension

utydb_types

(

)

Returns:

an array containing all supported dbtype

NB: dbnames are retrieved listing files in UTILYTY/db that match utydb.*.php and extracting the middle of the filename.