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ociplogon

Name

ociplogon — Connect to an Oracle database and log on.

Synopsis

int ociplogon(user, pass[, db]); string user: Username string pass: Password string db (optional): Database name

Returns

Connection identifier

Description

Connects to an Oracle database. The db parameter can either contain the Oracle database SID or the name of the database as defined in tnsnames.ora. If db is not defined, ocilogon() will use the either the ORACLE_SID or TWO_TASK environment variable. The TWO_TASK will always override the value in ORACLE_SID.

If a connection to an Oracle database, ociplogon() will atttempt to reuse the existing connection, otherwise a new connection is initiated.

Version

Since versions 3.0.4 and 4.0

Example

Example 871. Establish a connection

if (!$db = @ociplogon("dev","dev", "ORCL")) {
    $error = ocierror();
    printf("There was an error connecting. Error was: %s", $error["message"]);
die();
}

$stmt = ociparse($db,"SELECT * FROM phone_numbers");
ociexecute($stmt);

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