MaxDB extension for PHP available

[Marina Montag]

Hi all,

With the newly developed MaxDB extension for PHP you can access the functions provided by
the MaxDB database using PHP scripts. The implementation of this extension is based on
the  native interface SAP Database Connectivity (SQLDBC) which was purposed to build
interfaces like ODBC, Perl DBD and provides fast access to the MaxDB database kernel. One
of the main development goals was the compatibility with the mysqli extension delivered
with PHP 5.0. Most of the mysqli function calls in a PHP script can be replaced by MaxDB
PHP functions by simply changing the function name prefix from mysqli to maxdb or vice
versa. Due to the fact that the underlying SQLDBC is a very thin layer of abstraction,
you can expect a high performance when using MaxDB with PHP. The extension can be used
with PHP 4.3.6 and above.
For download and documentation see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/interfaces.html#PHP.

Best regards
Marina Montag
for the MaxDB Team 
SAP Labs Berlin
SAP AG