explain what we're doing and where we're going with this.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/dba/dba_driver.php b/include/dba/dba_driver.php
index 498bfffa7..e15e107a8 100755
--- a/include/dba/dba_driver.php
+++ b/include/dba/dba_driver.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ function dba_factory($server, $port,$user,$pass,$db,$dbtype,$install = false) {
 		if(is_null($port)) $set_port = 5432;
 		$dba = new dba_postgres($server, $set_port, $user, $pass, $db, $install);
 	} else {
+
+//		Highly experimental at the present time.
 //		require_once('include/dba/dba_pdo.php');
 //		$dba = new dba_pdo($server, $set_port,$user,$pass,$db,$install);
 //	}
@@ -42,13 +44,12 @@ function dba_factory($server, $port,$user,$pass,$db,$dbtype,$install = false) {
 			$dba = new dba_mysqli($server, $set_port,$user,$pass,$db,$install);
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Until we have a proper PDO driver, store the DB connection parameters for
+	// plugins/addons which use PDO natively (such as cdav). This is wasteful as
+	// it opens a separate connection to the DB, but saves a lot of effort re-writing
+	// third-party interfaces that are working and well tested. 
  
-//		else {
-//			if (is_null($port)) $set_port = "3306";
-//			require_once('include/dba/dba_mysql.php');
-//			$dba = new dba_mysql($server, $set_port,$user,$pass,$db,$install);
-//		}
-//	}
 
 	if(is_object($dba) && $dba->connected) {
 		$dns = (($dbtype == DBTYPE_POSTGRES) ? 'postgres' : 'mysql')