php-doc-en/internals/pdo/prerequisites.xml
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<sect1 id="internals.pdo.prerequisites">
<title>Prerequisites</title>
<para>
The following is list of prerequisites and assumptions needed for writing
a PDO database driver:
</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
A working target database, examples, demos, etc. working as per vendor
specifications;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A working development environment:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Other Unix: standard development tools supplied by vendor plus the GNU development tool set; </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Win32: Visual Studio compiler suite;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Linux: standard development tools, gcc, ld, make, autoconf, automake, etc., versions dependent on distribution;</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A working PHP environment version 5.0.3 or higher with a working PEAR extension version 1.3.5 or higher;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A working PDO environment (can be installed using 'sudo pear install PDO'), including the headers which will be needed to access the PDO type definitions and function declarations;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A good working knowledge of the 'C' programming language;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A good working knowledge of the way to write a PHP extension;
<emphasis>George Schlossnagle's</emphasis> <emphasis
role="strong">Advanced PHP Programming</emphasis> (published by
Developer's Library, chapters 21 and 22) is recommended;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Finally, a familiarity with the Zend API that forms the heart of PHP, in
particular paying attention to the memory management aspects.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect1>
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