[TYPO3-core] RFC: #14628: Open t3lib_db for own instance

Steffen Kamper info at sk-typo3.de
Sun Jun 6 11:54:33 CEST 2010


Jigal van Hemert schrieb:
> Steffen Kamper wrote:
>> This allows to make own instances in extension when connection to 
>> another DB is needed, so you can use the API as usual, and also DBAL 
>> support.
> 
> But DBAL can be used to connect to another DB (also another MySQL db)? 
> Page 6 of the manual provides an example for defining an alternative 
> connection for a few tables.
> 
> I think that the DBAL solution also provides support for using this 
> extra connection in TS, etc.
> 

this is true but isn't point of this RFC.

> Can you give us a use case and an example for how to use this 
> alternative method?
> 

i showed in the RFC how this will be done:

$this->db = t3lib_div::makeInstance('t3lib_DB');
$this->db->connectDB($host, $user, $password, $dbName);

vg Steffen


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