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ibase_connect

ibase_connect

Open a connection to a database

resource **ibase_connect** string $database string $username string $password string $charset int $buffers int $dialect string $role int $sync

Establishes a connection to an Firebird/InterBase server.

In case a second call is made to with the same arguments, no new link will be established, but instead, the link identifier 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_connect``ibase_close

database The 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. database

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

password The password for . Can be set with the php.ini directive. username``ibase.default_password

charset is the default character set for a database. charset

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

dialect selects the default SQL dialect for any statement executed within a connection, and it defaults to the highest one supported by client libraries. dialect

roleFunctional only with InterBase 5 and up.

sync

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

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 you must set the character set (i.e. ISO8859_1 or your current character set). ibase_query

Voorbeeld: 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 $row->email, "\n";
}
ibase_free_result($sth);
ibase_close($dbh);
?>

ibase_pconnect``ibase_close