php-doc-en/reference/pdo/functions/PDO-getAttribute.xml
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<refentry id="function.PDO-getAttribute">
<refnamediv>
<refname>PDO::getAttribute</refname>
<refpurpose>
Retrieve a database connection attribute
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>mixed</type><methodname>PDO::getAttribute</methodname>
<methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>attribute</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This function returns the value of a database connection attribute. To
retrieve PDOStatement attributes, refer to
<function>PDOStatement::getAttribute</function>.
</para>
<para>
Note that some database/driver combinations may not support all of the
database connection attributes.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>attribute</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
One of the <literal>PDO::ATTR_*</literal> constants. The constants that
apply to database connections are as follows:
<simplelist>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_CASE</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_CLIENT_VERSION</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_CONNECTION_STATUS</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_DRIVER_NAME</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_ORACLE_NULLS</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_PREFETCH</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_SERVER_INFO</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_SERVER_VERSION</literal></member>
<member><literal>PDO::ATTR_TIMEOUT</literal></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
A successful call returns the value of the requested PDO attribute.
An unsuccessful call returns <literal>null</literal>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>Retrieving database connection attributes</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$conn = new PDO('odbc:sample', 'db2inst1', 'ibmdb2');
$attributes = array(
"AUTOCOMMIT", "ERRMODE", "CASE", "CLIENT_VERSION", "CONNECTION_STATUS",
"ORACLE_NULLS", "PERSISTENT", "PREFETCH", "SERVER_INFO", "SERVER_VERSION",
"TIMEOUT"
);
foreach ($attributes as $val) {
echo "PDO::ATTR_$val: ";
echo $conn->getAttribute(constant("PDO::ATTR_$val")) . "\n";
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
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</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>PDO::setAttribute</function></member>
<member><function>PDOStatement::getAttribute</function></member>
<member><function>PDOStatement::setAttribute</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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