Database and Model Implementation

[vbresults]

I admire the way CakePHP's data sources are diverse, and how accessing the data is very abstracted through the use of models. The abstraction in question allows support for MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, DB2, Oracle, Firebird, Sybase, ADODB, ODBC, or even a custom source. Does xF implement anything like this? It would be nice to not look at SQL queries anymore.

 

[p4guru]

I'm using Apache 2.2., Litespeed 4.0.16 and Nginx 0.8.48 for various servers most migrating over to Percona 5.1.47 for mysql end.

PHP 5.3.3 + mysql native drivers http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqlnd.overview.php FTW But still early days http://brian.moonspot.net/php-5-3-mysqlnd

 

[vbresults]

I have litespeed instead of nginx

Are you using the commercial version?

 

[Andy.N]

Yes, it costs $14/month extra

 

[vbresults]

I find it strange how Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org are still listed on Litespeed's case studies page after they switched to Nginx..

Nginx Nginx Nginx.

 

[Alpha1]

Thats not strange at all. Wordpress using Lighty is great advertising for them. Why did WP switch to Nginx?

 

[vbresults]

Nginx is open source and meets their needs.

 

[Dismounted]

nginx is great. Flexible and fast.

 

[vbresults]

During refactoring, it looks like vB will gain support for non-mysql databases.

 

[SneakyDave]

I've used the CakePHP framework, and found it to be miserably slow for the sites I had in mind for it. I'm currently using CodeIgniter. It seems to be the fastest and most flexible for me.

I use nginx for all my static content, and just throw PHP at Apache. I have too many Apache rewrites to completely move to 100% nginx, but I hope to eventually.

 

[vbresults]

Lithium sucks.
But that's okay.
Because your framework sucks too.

When lithium is settled in, it would be a fantastic framework for xenForo. xenForo 2 anyone?

 

["Mark"]

Lithium will blow everything out of the water.

Quite literally. Ever throw a solid chunk of it into water?

Thats not strange at all. Wordpress using Lighty is great advertising for them. Why did WP switch to Nginx?

Because lightty is a steaming dung pile? I tried it for a week. It leaked 800 MB of memory daily (handling only 10 million requests per day, tops). So I switched to Nginx a week later, when 0.5.34 was released (Dec 07). And it's been the most rock solid code I've ever used.