Question

I created a database for a site i’m doing using Django as the admin backend. However because the server where the site is hosted on, won’t be able to support Python, I find myself needing to do the front end in PHP and as such i’ve decided to use CodeIgniter along with Datamapper to map the models/relationship.

However DataMapper requires the tables to be in a specific format for it to work, and Django maps its tables differently, using the App name as the prefix in the table. I’ve tried using the prefix & join_prefix vars in datamapper but still doesn’t map them correctly.

Has anyone used a combination of this? and if so how have the fixed the issue of db table names being inconsistent? Is there anything out there that i can use to make them work together?

—-edit: clarification on backend—
Let me clarify: i’m going to be running the admin from a subdomain pointing to a python ready server. However i can’t move the main domain name from the php only webserver because of certain constraints/binding contracts the company got itself in. and don’t want to use cloaking/masking because of seo purposes.

i’m using the django admin because i’m using some packages to make a pretty/functional admin, such as grappelli for the admin template, along with its editor for editing news stories, etc. also using photologue to manage photos/galleries. etc.

Answer 1

If your problem is simply making Django use the same tables as your other software, use the db_column and db_table parameters in the models.

http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/custom_columns/