PDO_DBLIB DSN
If you have a database alias on the server "localhost" called "test.fdb", you can do:
$conn = new PDO("firebird:dbname=localhost:test.fdb",
'SYSDBA','letmein');
Note that as of the time of writing, the Firebird driver doesn't correctly throw an exception on connection error
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41522
Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Introduction
Warning
PDO_FIREBIRD is a driver that implements the PHP Data Objects (PDO)
interface to enable access from PHP to Firebird and Interbase databases.
This extension is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this extension—including the names of its functions and any other documentation surrounding this extension—may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This extension should be used at your own risk.
Table of Contents
- PDO_FIREBIRD DSN — Connecting to Firebird and Interbase databases
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User Contributed NotesFirebird/Interbase (PDO)
mark-php at vectrex dot org dot uk
03-Jun-2007 11:15
03-Jun-2007 11:15
Darren
08-Mar-2006 01:18
08-Mar-2006 01:18
After much trial and error i found out you should use the following to connect to a firebird database:
<?php
$db = new PDO ("firebird:dbname=localhost:C:\\path\\to\\database\\MyDatabase.FDB", "username", "password");
?>
NOTE: in the 1st part of the connection string there can be NO spaces else you will get NULL.
The string provided on this site does not work and will give no error only NULL.
thomas at last-it dot de
04-Feb-2006 01:52
04-Feb-2006 01:52
if youre dsn syntax is wrong, see ritsaert's comment, there maybe no errormessage!
ritsaert at continuit dot nl
19-Dec-2005 02:43
19-Dec-2005 02:43
The connection string for a firebird PDO connection is different than described above. It is something like:
$DB = new PDO("firebird:dbname=T:\\Klimreg.GDB", "SYSDBA", "masterkey");
after dbname= the default connection string for Interbase and Firebird databases is used as presented to either gds32.dll or fbclient.dll.