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 <reference id="ref.dbx">
  <title>dbx functions</title>
  <titleabbrev>dbx</titleabbrev>

  <partintro>
   <section id="dbx.intro">
    &reftitle.intro;
    <para>
     The dbx module is a database abstraction layer (db 'X', where 'X'
     is a supported database). The dbx functions allow you to access
     all supported databases using a single calling convention.
     The dbx-functions themselves do not interface directly to the
     databases, but interface to the modules that are used to support
     these databases.
    </para>
   </section>
   
   <section id="dbx.required">
    &reftitle.required;
    <para>
     To be able to use a database with the dbx-module, the module must be either
     linked or loaded into PHP, and the database module must be supported by the
     dbx-module. Currently, following databases are supported, but others
     will follow:
     <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <simpara>
        <link linkend="ref.fbsql">FrontBase</link> (available from PHP 4.1.0).
       </simpara>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <simpara>
        <link linkend="ref.mssql">Microsoft SQL Server</link>
       </simpara>
       </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <simpara>
        <link linkend="ref.mysql">MySQL</link>
       </simpara>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <simpara>
        <link linkend="ref.odbc">ODBC</link>
       </simpara>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <simpara>
        <link linkend="ref.pgsql">PostgreSQL</link>
       </simpara>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <simpara>
        <link linkend="ref.sybase">Sybase-CT</link> (available from PHP 4.2.0).
       </simpara>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <simpara>
        <link linkend="ref.oci8">Oracle (oci8)</link> (CVS only).
       </simpara>
      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
    </para>
    <para>
     Documentation for adding additional database support to dbx can be
     found at <ulink url="&url.dbx.docs;">&url.dbx.docs;</ulink>.
    </para>
   </section>
   
   <section id="dbx.installation">
    &reftitle.install;
    <para>
     In order to have these functions available, you must compile PHP with
     dbx support by using the <option role="configure">--enable-dbx</option>
     option and all options for the databases that will be used, e.g. for
     MySQL you must also specify
     <option role="configure">--with-mysql=[DIR]</option>.
     To get other supported databases to work with the dbx-module refer to their
     specific documentation.
    </para>
   </section>
   
   <section id="dbx.runtime">
    &reftitle.runtime;
    &no.config;
   </section>

   <section id="dbx.resources">
    &reftitle.resources;
    <para>
     There are two resource types used in the dbx module. The first one is the
     link-<type>object</type> for a database connection, the second a
     result-<type>object</type> which helds the result of a query.
    </para>
   </section>
   
   &reference.dbx.constants;
   
  </partintro>

&reference.dbx.functions;

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