ibase_connect(3) [php man page]

IBASE_CONNECT(3)							 1							  IBASE_CONNECT(3)

ibase_connect - Open a connection to a database

SYNOPSIS

       resource  ibase_connect	([string   $database],	[string   $username],  [string	 $password],  [string	$charset],  [int   $buffers], [int
       $dialect], [string  $role], [int  $sync])

DESCRIPTION

	Establishes a connection to an Firebird/InterBase server.

	In case a second call is made to ibase_connect(3) with the same arguments, no new link will be established, but instead, the link  identi-
       fier of the already opened link will be returned. The link to the server will be closed as soon as the execution of the script ends, unless
       it's closed earlier by explicitly calling ibase_close(3).

PARAMETERS

	      o $database
		- The $database argument has to be a valid path to database file on the server it resides on. If the server is not local, it  must
		be  prefixed  with  either 'hostname:' (TCP/IP), 'hostname/port:' (TCP/IP with interbase server on custom TCP port), '//hostname/'
		(NetBEUI), depending on the connection protocol used.

	      o $username
		- The user name. Can be set with the ibase.default_user php.ini directive.

	      o $password
		- The password for $username. Can be set with the ibase.default_password php.ini directive.

	      o $charset
		-$charset is the default character set for a database.

	      o $buffers
		-$buffers is the number of database buffers to allocate for the server-side cache.  If	0  or  omitted,  server  chooses  its  own
		default.

	      o $dialect
		-$dialect  selects the default SQL dialect for any statement executed within a connection, and it defaults to the highest one sup-
		ported by client libraries.

	      o $role
		- Functional only with InterBase 5 and up.

	      o $sync
		-

RETURN VALUES

	Returns an Firebird/InterBase link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS
	If you get some error like "arithmetic exception, numeric overflow, or string truncation. Cannot transliterate character between character
       sets"  (this  occurs  when you try use some character with accents) when using this and after ibase_query(3) you must set the character set
       (i.e. ISO8859_1 or your current character set).

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      ibase_connect(3) example

	      <?php
	      $host = 'localhost:/path/to/your.gdb';

	      $dbh = ibase_connect($host, $username, $password);
	      $stmt = 'SELECT * FROM tblname';
	      $sth = ibase_query($dbh, $stmt);
	      while ($row = ibase_fetch_object($sth)) {
		  echo $row->email, "
";
	      }
	      ibase_free_result($sth);
	      ibase_close($dbh);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       ibase_pconnect(3), ibase_close(3).

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SYBASE_CONNECT(3)														 SYBASE_CONNECT(3)

sybase_connect - Opens a Sybase server connection

SYNOPSIS

       resource  sybase_connect  ([string   $servername],  [string  $username], [string  $password], [string  $charset], [string  $appname], [bool
       $new = false])

DESCRIPTION

       sybase_connect(3) establishes a connection to a Sybase server.

	In case a second call is made to sybase_connect(3) with the same arguments, no new link will be established, but instead, the link identi-
       fier of the already opened link will be returned.

	The  link  to  the  server  will  be  closed as soon as the execution of the script ends, unless it's closed earlier by explicitly calling
       sybase_close(3).

PARAMETERS

	      o $servername
		- The servername argument has to be a valid servername that is defined in the 'interfaces' file.

	      o $username
		- Sybase user name

	      o $password
		- Password associated with $username.

	      o $charset
		- Specifies the charset for the connection

	      o $appname
		- Specifies an appname for the Sybase connection. This allow you to make separate connections in the same script to the same data-
		base. This may come handy when you have started a transaction in your current connection, and you need to be able to do a separate
		query which cannot be performed inside this transaction.

	      o $new
		- Whether to open a new connection or use the existing one.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns a positive Sybase link identifier on success, or FALSE on failure.

CHANGELOG

       +--------+------------------------------------+
       |Version |				     |
       |	|				     |
       |	|	     Description	     |
       |	|				     |
       +--------+------------------------------------+
       | 5.3.0	|				     |
       |	|				     |
       |	|    The $new parameter was added.   |
       |	|				     |
       | 4.2.0	|				     |
       |	|				     |
       |	|  The $appname parameter was added. |
       |	|				     |
       | 4.0.2	|				     |
       |	|				     |
       |	|  The $charset parameter was added. |
       |	|				     |
       +--------+------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      sybase_connect(3) example

	      <?php
	      $link = sybase_connect('SYBASE', '', '')
		      or die("Could not connect !");
	      echo "Connected successfully";
	      sybase_close($link);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       sybase_pconnect(3), sybase_close(3).

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