ibase_pconnect(3) [php man page]

IBASE_PCONNECT(3)							 1							 IBASE_PCONNECT(3)

ibase_pconnect - Open a persistent connection to an InterBase database

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

	Opens a persistent connection to an InterBase database.

       ibase_pconnect(3) acts very much like ibase_connect(3) with two major differences.

	First, when connecting, the function will first try to find a (persistent) link that's already opened with the same parameters. If one	is
       found, an identifier for it will be returned instead of opening a new connection.

	Second,  the  connection  to  the InterBase server will not be closed when the execution of the script ends. Instead, the link will remain
       open for future use (ibase_close(3) will not close links established by ibase_pconnect(3)). This type of link is therefore called  'persis-
       tent'.

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/' (NetBEUI) or 'hostname@' (IPX/SPX), depending on the connection proto-
		col 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. Functional only with InterBase 6 and up.

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

	      o $sync
		-

RETURN VALUES

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

SEE ALSO

       ibase_close(3), ibase_connect(3).

PHP Documentation Group 													 IBASE_PCONNECT(3)

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).

PHP Documentation Group 													 SYBASE_CONNECT(3)