php-doc-en/reference/yaz/functions/yaz-connect.xml
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<refentry xml:id="function.yaz-connect" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refnamediv>
<refname>yaz_connect</refname>
<refpurpose>
Prepares for a connection to a Z39.50 server
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>mixed</type><methodname>yaz_connect</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>zurl</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>options</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This function returns a connection resource on success, zero on
failure.
</para>
<para>
<function>yaz_connect</function> prepares for a connection to a
Z39.50 server.
This function is non-blocking and does not attempt to establish
a connection - it merely prepares a connect to be performed later when
<function>yaz_wait</function> is called.
</para>
<note>
<para>
The <link xlink:href="&url.yaz-proxy;">YAZ proxy</link> is a
freely available Z39.50 proxy.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>zurl</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A string that takes the form <literal>host[:port][/database]</literal>.
If port is omitted, port 210 is used. If database is omitted
<literal>Default</literal> is used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>options</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If given as a string, it is treated as the Z39.50 V2 authentication
string (OpenAuth).
</para>
<para>
If given as an array, the contents of the array serves as options.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>user</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Username for authentication.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>group</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Group for authentication.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>password</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Password for authentication.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>cookie</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Cookie for session (YAZ proxy).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>proxy</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Proxy for connection (YAZ proxy).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>persistent</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A boolean. If &true; the connection is persistent; If &false; the
connection is not persistent. By default connections are persistent.
</para>
<note>
<para>
If you open a persistent connection, you won't be able to close
it later with <function>yaz_close</function>.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>piggyback</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A boolean. If &true; piggyback is enabled for searches; If &false;
piggyback is disabled. By default piggyback is enabled.
</para>
<para>
Enabling piggyback is more efficient and usually saves a
network-round-trip for first time fetches of records. However, a
few Z39.50 servers do not support piggyback or they ignore element
set names. For those, piggyback should be disabled.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>charset</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A string that specifies character set to be used in Z39.50
language and character set negotiation. Use strings such as:
<literal>ISO-8859-1</literal>, <literal>UTF-8</literal>,
<literal>UTF-16</literal>.
</para>
<para>
Most Z39.50 servers do not support this feature (and thus, this is
ignored). Many servers use the ISO-8859-1 encoding for queries and
messages. MARC21/USMARC records are not affected by this setting.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>preferredMessageSize</term>
<listitem>
<para>
An integer that specifies the maximum byte size of all records
to be returned by a target during retrieval. See the
<link xlink:href="&url.yaz.z3950.4;">Z39.50 standard</link> for more
information.
</para>
<note>
<para>
This option is supported in PECL YAZ 1.0.5 or later.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>maximumRecordSize</term>
<listitem>
<para>
An integer that specifies the maximum byte size of a single record
to be returned by a target during retrieval. This
entity is referred to as Exceptional-record-size in the
<link xlink:href="&url.yaz.z3950.4;">Z39.50 standard</link>.
</para>
<note>
<para>
This option is supported in PECL YAZ 1.0.5 or later.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
A connection resource on success, &false; on error.
</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>4.1.0</entry>
<entry>
The parameter <parameter>options</parameter> was added.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>yaz_close</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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