php-doc-en/reference/maxdb/reference.xml

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 <reference id="ref.maxdb">
  <title>MaxDB PHP Extension</title>
  <titleabbrev>MaxDB</titleabbrev>

  <partintro>
   <section id="maxdb.intro">
    &reftitle.intro;
    <para>
     The MaxDB PHP extension allows you to access the functionality provided by
     MaxDB 7.5.0 and above. More information about the MaxDB Database server
     can be found at <ulink url="&url.maxdb;">&url.maxdb;</ulink>.
    </para>
    <para>
     Documentation for MaxDB can be found at
     <ulink url="&url.maxdb.doc;">&url.maxdb.doc;</ulink>.
    </para>
   </section>

   <section id="maxdb.requirements">
    &reftitle.required;
    <para>
     In order to have these functions available, you must compile PHP with
     MaxDB support. Additionally, you must have the MaxDB SQLDBC runtime library
     available to access the MaxDB server. 
    </para>
    <para>
     Documentation for MaxDB SQLDBC can be found at
     <ulink url="&url.maxdb.doc;">&url.maxdb.doc;</ulink>.
    </para>
    <para>
     Download the MaxDB SQLDBC package from 
     <ulink url="&url.maxdb.sdbc;">&url.maxdb.sdbc;</ulink>.
     
    </para>
   </section>
    
    &reference.maxdb.configure;

    &reference.maxdb.ini;

   &reference.maxdb.constants;

    
   <section id="maxdb.examples">
   &reftitle.examples;
    <para>
     All examples in the MaxDB PHP documentation use the HOTELDB demo database from MaxDB. More about this
     database can be found at <ulink url="&url.maxdb.sampledb;">&url.maxdb.sampledb;</ulink>.
    </para>
    <para>
     This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print
     resulting rows and disconnect from a MaxDB database.
     <example>
      <title>MaxDB extension overview example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/* Connecting, selecting database */
$link = maxdb_connect("maxdb_host", "maxdb_user", "maxdb_password")
    or die("Could not connect : " . maxdb_connect_error());
echo "Connected successfully";
maxdb_select_db("my_database") or die("Could not select database");

/* Performing SQL query */
$query = "SELECT * FROM my_table";
$result = maxdb_query($link, $query) or die("Query failed : " . maxdb_error());

/* Printing results in HTML */
echo "<table>\n";
while ($line = maxdb_fetch_array($result, MAXDB_ASSOC)) {
    echo "\t<tr>\n";
    foreach ($line as $col_value) {
        echo "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n";
    }
    echo "\t</tr>\n";
}
echo "</table>\n";

/* Free resultset */
maxdb_free_result($result);

/* Closing connection */
maxdb_close($link);
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
   </section>
  </partintro>

&reference.maxdb.functions;

 </reference>

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