Manual page: package.database.mdb2.intro.php Note submitter: fdwalkhome at hotmail dot com Initially I used the download instructions (http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2/download) to install. Then I got a stability failure when I tried to install the mysql driver (Failed to install \"stable\" driver...). I decided to backtrack and follow the non-version specific path on the package intro page (http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.database.mdb2.intro.php). Install went okay, but my first test, in which all I did was include the package file, resulted in numerous reference errors (\"Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated\"). This is easily resolved by updating to beta packages, but why isn\'t this in the documentation. I found the resolution on a post from 2010 (!). PHP is sorely in need of a unified DB abstraction layer. I\'d like to think this is it (it\'s been developed and supported for a while), but up-to-date documentation is requirement to encourage community support.\r\n\r\nThanks.