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Re: Sanitising input [message #172119 is a reply to message #172117] Mon, 31 January 2011 05:01 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ross McKay is currently offline  Ross McKay
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:12:09 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> Except there is a tremendous amount of overhead in PDO - I've had two
> sites I have had to rewrite without it to get respectable performance.

When was that, 2006? I understand it was the case once that PDO was much
slower than using the mysql_* or mysqli_* functions, but I've yet to run
into a performance problem that wasn't my own stupid fault.

> And bound parameters are not without their own overhead, either.

But minimal overhead, compared with the actual database statement
execution.

> Not to say you shouldn't use PDO or bound parameters - they have their
> uses. But a good programmer understands the different ways of doing
> things and the advantages and disadvantages of each, instead of just
> saying "this is the best way for you". It may or may not be the "best
> way".

First crawl, then walk, then run. I'd rather the OP got to running with
two intact feet. Then they can determine the best way. ITMT, their
question has been well answered by several posters now, and they get to
pick their path.

Optimise last!
--
Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia
"The documentation and sample application having failed me,
I resort to thinking. This desperate tactic works, and I
resolve that problem and go on to the next"
- Michael Swaine, "Programming Paradigms", Dr Dobb's Journal
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