As a php learner, I have been experimenting with some of the smaller PHP CMS’. All CMS’ that I have used employ a database abstraction layer.
Am I correct in assuming that this would be a characteristic of just about all PHP CMS’?
Thanks!
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As a php learner, I have been experimenting with some of the smaller PHP CMS’. All CMS’ that I have used employ a database abstraction layer.
Am I correct in assuming that this would be a characteristic of just about all PHP CMS’?
Thanks!
The only thing inherently characteristic of a CMS is that it separates content from display. Where or how it stores that content is arbitrary. The mechanism for connecting to the data store is also of no consequence. What you might think of as a “traditional” database is common but by no means necessary – any data backing is a database of content – text files, XML, SimpleDb or Google App Engine, etc.