OOP or Procedural MySQLi

[Barrikor]

I tried that, but I was told not to do it, as it's a bad idea.

If you only could pick one then you would need to pick Procedural, since the speed of the fetch functions will matter.

[Magictallguy]

I have always preferred OOP with procedural-style functions.

Always have, always will.

I have multiple arguments to support my preference, but I've recently had a tooth pulled - so I'm a little groggy :P

[Guest]

I have always preferred OOP with procedural-style functions.

Always have, always will.

I have multiple arguments to support my preference, but I've recently had a tooth pulled - so I'm a little groggy :P

How can you have "procedural style functions"? Enlighten me? :)

[Magictallguy]

How can you have "procedural style functions"? Enlighten me? :)

Again, I was/am groggy. That was bad phrasing, sorry about that.

I meant

$db = mysqli_connect('yada yada')

instead of

$db = new mysqli('yada yada');

[sniko]

Again, I was/am groggy. That was bad phrasing, sorry about that.

I meant

$db = mysqli_connect('yada yada')

instead of

$db = new mysqli('yada yada');

Ew.

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Edited March 11, 2014 by sniko

[Dave]

I'll always be an OO fan! Generally I'm working with some form of ORM so my need for straight up database interactions is small.

I'd rather build a good ORM then use procedural functions but I am a PDO lover.

[Magictallguy]

I'll always be an OO fan! Generally I'm working with some form of ORM so my need for straight up database interactions is small.

I'd rather build a good ORM then use procedural functions but I am a PDO lover.

Have you tried RedBean? One of the best ORMs I've ever used!

[Djkanna]

Have you tried RedBean? One of the best ORMs I've ever used!

Eloquent f.t.w

[john.]

Eloquent f.t.w

Agreed. Eloquent is awesome and a brief to work with. Occasionally you may have some complex queries that can be tricky to solve with Eloquent, but usually not a issue.

I've tried RedBean as well, it's certainly comforting to use when developing prototypes, have never used it in a released project or in work however.