PDO_FIREBIRD DSN

(PECL PDO_FIREBIRD >= 0.1.0)

PDO_FIREBIRD DSN — Connecting to Firebird databases

Description

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.

Examples

Example #1 PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with path

The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to Firebird databases:

firebird:dbname=/path/to/DATABASE.FDB

Example #2 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:

firebird:dbname=hostname/port:/path/to/DATABASE.FDB

Example #3 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:

firebird:dbname=localhost:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb

User Contributed Notes

nelson at integrasoftware dot com dot br

8 years ago


my Firebird connection example:

$str_conn = "firebird:dbname=C:\db\banco.gdb;host=localhost";
     
$dbh = new PDO($str_conn, "SYSDBA", "masterkey");