PEAR::SQLite: The Lightweight Alternative

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In this tutorial, Timothy shows you how to get started using SQLite.

SQLite is a C library that implements an embeddable SQL database engine. Scripts which link with the SQLite library can have SQL access without running an additional database server.

Certainly MySQL and other relational database systems are handy for large scale or multi-user applications. But if you're running a small website that doesn't need a full-fledged SQL server behind it, you might want to look into SQLite as your database solution. Interfacing SQLite with PHP is easy with PEAR's SQLite wrapper.

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