Within the current incarnation of (X)HTML tables are the building blocks to well organized and attractive designs. They allow the developer an incredible amount of control over the visual representation of information and graphics. However they come with
Pear::DB provides a database abstraction layer for PHP allowing it to use most major databases, including MySQL, PostGreSQL, and MS SQL server. Joao Prado Maia explains how to use it and provides examples
PEAR stands for "PHP Extension and Application Repository" and has been slowly building itself over the last few years. There are classes for logging, compression, XML, and on and on. The most popular one is the database abstraction class, which supports
PHP scripts are compiled and HTML is generated each time a web page is requested. Sebastian Bergmann uses PEAR caching to store these dynamic requests and speed up PHP web sites
