dbx_connect
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5 < 5.1.0, PECL dbx >= 1.1.0)
dbx_connect — Open a connection/database
Description
$module
, string $host
, string $database
, string $username
, string $password
[, int $persistent
] ) : objectOpens a connection to a database.
Parameters
-
module
-
The
module
parameter can be either a string or a constant, though the latter form is preferred. The possible values are given below, but keep in mind that they only work if the module is actually loaded.-
DBX_MYSQL
or "mysql" -
DBX_ODBC
or "odbc" -
DBX_PGSQL
or "pgsql" -
DBX_MSSQL
or "mssql" -
DBX_FBSQL
or "fbsql" -
DBX_SYBASECT
or "sybase_ct" -
DBX_OCI8
or "oci8" -
DBX_SQLITE
or "sqlite"
-
-
host
-
The SQL server host
-
database
-
The database name
-
username
-
The username
-
password
-
The password
-
persistent
-
The
persistent
parameter can be set toDBX_PERSISTENT
, if so, a persistent connection will be created.
The host
, database
,
username
and password
parameters are expected, but not always used depending on the connect
functions for the abstracted module.
Return Values
Returns an object on success, FALSE
on error. If a connection has been
made but the database could not be selected, the connection is closed and
FALSE
is returned.
The returned object has three properties:
- database
- It is the name of the currently selected database.
- handle
-
It is a valid handle for the connected database, and as such it can be used in module-specific functions (if required).
<?php
$link = dbx_connect(DBX_MYSQL, "localhost", "db", "username", "password");
mysql_close($link->handle); // dbx_close($link) would be better here
?> - module
- It is used internally by dbx only, and is actually the module number mentioned above.
Examples
Example #1 dbx_connect() example
<?php
$link = dbx_connect(DBX_ODBC, "", "db", "username", "password", DBX_PERSISTENT)
or die("Could not connect");
echo "Connected successfully";
dbx_close($link);
?>
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