Accessing the database using JDatabase
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Revision as of 18:06, 30 October 2013 by Cmb (talk | contribs) (→Useful information: Corrected punctuation and added missing space.)
Useful information[edit]
Being able to use JDatabase is vital when you start developing for Joomla. The tutorial is split into two independent parts:
- Inserting, updating and removing data from the database.
- Selecting data from one or more tables and retrieving it in a variety of different forms. Note: If you are looking for practical information about accessing the database in the old 1.5 document, you need to look at this part of the tutorial.
Advanced information[edit]
This tutorial looks at how to use transactions with JDatabase (available since only):
Supported Storage Connectors[edit]
The table below outlines the database and storage connectors available for Joomla! as well as which version of Joomla they became available in.
To make a connector available in Joomla's installer or global configuration manager, you will need to ensure the PHP library is installed (E.g. for PHP5 and MySQL the php5-mysql library would need to be installed).
Database | Joomla Versions | Joomla DB |
---|---|---|
MySQL | Yes | |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | |
Microsoft SQL Azure | Yes | |
Postgresql | Yes | |
Oracle DB | No | |
SQL Lite | No | |
PHP Data Objects (PDO)* | No |
- PHP Data Objects is a database abstraction layer and is shipped with PHP 5.1+.