Re: [pgsql-advocacy] interesting PHP/MySQL thread

Tom Lane wrote:

>
>>We need to use this opportunity to encourage PHP folks to switch to
>>PostgreSQL.
>
>
> Indeed.  What can we do exactly?

Write a migration tutorial and post it to the major web development
sites (webmonkey, sitepoint.com, devshed.com, phpbuilder.com, etc).
That's where PHP users are most-influenced.  These tutorials have
enabled so many people to get into server-side scripting, and most of
the tutorials use MySQL.  (I speak as a former full-time PHP programmer
who did use MySQL for PHP app development, because that's how I learned it.)

And, to avoid the connotation of bias, whomever writes such a migration
tutorial might want to suggest using the PEAR:DB abstraction layer to
avoid migration hassles in the future.  http://pear.php.net/



Erik