Minimum Database Wrapper for PHP projects

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This project is just a simple wrapper for accessing a database. It simplifies things for people who might tend to forget sanitizing their inputs (particularly INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE) while providing a convenient, class-based interface.

Almost all PHP frameworks have already DB wrapper built-in. If you're a PHP dev and not using a framework, then you should consider using one.

PDO already is a simple wrapper for accessing a database.

No argument from me - but how many people are using it? Just from watching SO for a few days it seems that nearly all of the people having trouble with their code (tagged 'mysql' and 'php') are using the old methods. Almost no one is using PDO for their projects (in that limited demographic, at least).

MDW is just to lower the barrier to entry a little bit for people like that. Easy to use, easy to understand, and thanks to the helper pattern, the interface won't change if something better than PDO comes along.

The barrier is already pretty low. Good on you for trying to promote PDO, but I doubt it's going to change anything.

There are already a number of DB layers like ADODB and of course the dozens of ORMs around.

This doesn't help when people have read "make a blog in 2 hours" from 2003 and think they're a PHP superstar.

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