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Asked: 2026-06-06T02:20:01+00:00

I’m building a Web app in codeigniter. Instead of the http server speaking to

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I’m building a Web app in codeigniter. Instead of the http server speaking to MySQL via php, and what if I built 2 applications, the first one would talk directly to MySQL, and serve as an api server. Perhaps using xml rpc or rest..

The second app, which would serve the front end, the http stuff, and but speak directly to the api server, instead of speaking to MySQL

What are the pros and cons of using this approach. Everything will run on the same network internally but only the http / front end servers are accessible to the Web via a load balancer.

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    PROs:

    • You wont have to change the second app if you make changes in calls to the db.
    • You could possibly serve more requests by replicating the front end, also taking different types of incoming requests
    • You can reuse the data access app in other places

    CONs: might be overkill depending on your needs

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