Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Firebird/Interbase (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 and Interbase databases.
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PDO_FIREBIRD DSN
Connecting to Firebird and Interbase 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.
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PDO_FIREBIRD DSN examples
The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
Firebird and Interbase databases: