Firebird Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Firebird (PDO)
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PDO_FIREBIRD is a driver that implements the PHP Data Objects (PDO)
interface to enable access from PHP to Firebird database.
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PDO_FIREBIRD DSN
Connecting to Firebird databases
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The PDO_FIREBIRD Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:
DSN prefix
The DSN prefix is firebird:.
dbname
The name of the database.
charset
The character set.
role
The SQL role name.
dialect
The dialect of the database; either 1 or 3.
If not specified, the dialect defaults to 3.
Available as of PHP 7.4.0.
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PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with path
The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
Firebird databases:
PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with port and path
The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
a Firebird database using hostname port and path:
PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with localhost and path to employee.fdb on Debian system
The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
a Firebird database employee.fdb using localhost:
PDO_FIREBIRD DSN to connect to a dialect 1 database
The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
a Firebird database test.fdb which has been created using dialect 1.
This is only supported as of PHP 7.4.0.