Useful PHP database class

Question

I am working on a small PHP website. I need a MySql database access class that is easy to configure and work with.

Does not need to be a full framework, I only need a ma

Answer 1

If you don't have really specific needs, I would recommend you take a look at PDO, which is bundled with PHP >= 5.1.

It's fully object-oriented, facilitates compatibility between DB engines ; and it's integration in PHP as a C extension makes it probably a bit faster than equivalents developped in PHP.

You could also take a look at the mysqli extension, which provides both a function-oriented and an object-oriented interface.
But I'd rather go to PDO, I think...

And, now that you are spending (investing ;-) ) some time looking for new stuff, you could take a look at prepared statements : they are supported by both mysqli and PDO, and are nice for (amongst other things) security reasons (no need to worry about escaping your data to prevent SQL injections)

If you had said you need a full ORM solution, I would have pointed you to Doctrine, which is really a great ORM framework ; but it's probably way too much for your needs...