The Quantum DB perspective will be covered in depth inChapter 6. We mention it here since it is one of three perspectives installed by PHPEclipse.
The Quantum DB plug-in, as part of PHPEclipse, installs this perspective. PHP SQL interfaces with databases using a JDBC driver. In this perspective, you can write SQL statements directly against the database. If you send a SELECT
command, you can see the data returned directly to you in a view. Using Quantum DB, you no longer have to jump into a separate application to retrieve or manipulate data from a database. You can even alter and maintain the database right from Eclipse.
InChapter 6, we will walk through installation, configuration, and usage of this powerful plug-in.