[Biophp-dev] seqdb and seq classes in genephp

[biophp-dev@bioinformatics.org]

Strange to answer myself, but I made a small start towards a 'parse'
class and it seems to work real well.  I enclose a tar.gz file with the
code so that you can have a look (don't know if it makes it through teh
mailing list, not a good idea to include a file, but....) It also
includes a test.php file and the genbank entry for one of the genes I
worked on.  

I now think it is best to develop the parse.inc.php file into a parse
class, which could look like:

class parse  
function parse ($seqfile) //constructor
function autodetect () // figures out what seqfiletype this file is,
called from th constructor
function fetch ()//returns $seq object,sets file pointer to next entry in 
file (if available)
function next () // forwards file pointer to next entry
function previous () // sets file pointer to previous entry
$seqfiletype // 

and then a bunch of 
function parse_genbank ()
function parse_swissprot()
function parse_ANSI ()
etc...

I was very happy that I managed to parse my genbank file!  If Serge
thinks this is a good idea,I'll continue working on it. 

The SQL stuff could be made self-contained in a similar fashion.  I would 
strongly advice though to stop using the direct MySQL calls but instead
immediately start using a database abstraction layer like adodb (my
favorite, I can help out with this one) or PEAR (might finally be usable).

Best,

Nico