odbc_pconnect
Name
odbc_pconnect — Connects to an ODBC data source.
Synopsis
resource odbc_pconnect
(DSN, user,
pass, cursor);
string DSN: DSN (Data Source
Name)
string user: User name
string pass: Password
int cursor: Cursor
type
Returns
Connection ID or error
Description
Creates a connection to an ODBC database. If a connection
has already been made and odbc_pconnect() is
called again, the current connection ID is returned.
odbc_pconnect() does not terminate the current
database once the script has terminated, but keeps the
connection open across subsequent scripts until odbc_close() has been
called. If a username and password are not required, use
empty quotes ("") rather than omitting the parameters.
The cursor type is optional but useful for dealing with
some ODBC drivers. The cursor types are
SQL_CUR_USE_IF_NEEDED, SQL_CUR_USE_ODBC,
SQL_CUR_USE_DRIVER, and SQL_CUR_DEFAULT.
Version
Existing since version 3.0.6
Example
Example 1352. Connect to
database
<?php
$database = "DSN";
if (!$db = odbc_pconnect($database,"user","pass")) {
echo "Could not connect to $database!\n";
exit;
}
?>
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