Hi Vinay, No, using native mysql_* statement isn't always faster. Advantages are obvious, as mentioned in the article you shared (object mapping, security, performance), there's always things like caching and other stuff you don't want to reinvent the wheel for and on big projects tend to be really useful. So imho it's better using things like pdo. Another thing... try using ORM http://redbeanphp.com sliced my dev type in 4 :) On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Vinay Kannan <vinykan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I came across this article. > > http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/pdo-vs-mysqli-which-should-you-use/ > > Though I've been working with PHP for over 2 yrs, i never bothered to use > the techniques mentioned in the articles like this. > What i do for DB connections and queries..is just simple sql queries in > php, > $sql="{sql query}"; > $runsql=mysql_query($sql); > > What i do take care is to clean the user inputs before querying the DB. > > Is this a good way? Coz i've seen more experienced programmers using the > techniques mentioned in the article, with PDOs, MySQLi etc... > > I always thought there is a chance that these might slow the querying > process? > > Please advice. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Vinay Kannan. >
