[CLUG] IP Tables Front End Project

[adam beecher]

I don't really want to get into an extended discussion about this, so I'll
just cover a couple of points and if we cant agree we'll just flip a coin. 

> 1. Its faster
>
We're doing very simple queries, speed won't be an issue by any stretch of
the imagination.

> 2. User does not have to install pear db or keep it up to dat
>
PEAR DB is installed by default with PHP. Keeping it up to date is not an
issue, since there's going to be no bleeding-edge code.

> 3. Makes end deliverable nice and self contained
>
See above. No bundling means a smaller deliverable and less configuration
problems.

> 4. ADODB is written with commercial use in mind and therefore 
> in fairness to it (while this is not normally the case with
> oss projects like pear) there is more consistancy in the
> support and its codebase.
>
The core PEAR libraries were developed by core PHP developers, and are
maintained by core PEAR developers.

> 5. C extension available for php making execution faster
>
Pretty sure you can phpize PEAR DB?

> 6. Exception handeling is built into ADODB (Whihc means ease 
> of porting to php5 when the time comes)
>
Long way off.

> 7. it supports the pear syntax
> 
PEAR /is/ the PEAR syntax. :)

adam