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<refentry id="function.ora-logon">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ora_logon</refname>
  <refpurpose>Open an Oracle connection</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>resource</type><methodname>ora_logon</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>user</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>password</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Establishes a connection between PHP and an Oracle database.
  </para>
  <para>
   Connections can be made using <productname>SQL*Net</productname>
   by supplying the <acronym>TNS</acronym> name to
   <parameter>user</parameter> like this:
   <informalexample>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$conn = Ora_Logon("user@TNSNAME", "pass");
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </informalexample>
  </para>
  <para>
   If you have character data with non-ASCII characters, you should
   make sure that <envar>NLS_LANG</envar> is set in your
   environment. For server modules, you should set it in the
   server's environment before starting the server.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>user</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The user name.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>password</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The password associated with <parameter>user</parameter>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a connection identifier on success, or &false; on failure.
   Details about the error can be retrieved using the
   <function>ora_error</function> and <function>ora_errorcode</function>
   functions.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>5.1.0</entry>
       <entry>
        &oracle.deprecated;
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
   <para>
    &oracle.replacement.desc;
    <simplelist>
     <member><function>oci_connect</function></member>
     <member><function>oci_new_connect</function></member>
    </simplelist>
   </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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