Do you advise against using text files instead of database? [closed]

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To make things short: I'm writing an anonymous forum software with PHP. I just feel like using a database is overkill and restrains my amateur skills. Do you advise against using text files instead of database?

Thanks.

Answer 1

A database has advantages like some sanitation (no breaking of delimiters, newlines etc.) and less danger of access conflicts when multiple instances try to read from the table - and different from a file-based approach, writing conflicts are constrained to the record in question only.

Recommendation: use database

Answer 2

To make things short: Yes. Strong advise against text files.