The International PHP Magazine conducted a poll over the week, asking for your opinion regarding the most common PHP database problem. The options provided were:

• Using MySQL directly
• Not using auto-increment functionality
• Using multiple databases
• Not using relations
• The n+1 pattern

The poll results with the respective percentages are as shown in the screen cast:



The majority believes not using relations is the most common PHP database problem as it garnered 27.5% of the votes. 'Using MySQL directly’ bagged 25.5% of the votes. The options 'Using multiple databases' and 'The n+1 pattern' scored 19.6% and 9.8% respectively. The option ‘Not using auto-increment functionality' received a dismal 3.9% of the votes.
The poll question for this week is 'Which one is Most True?' Start voting now!