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<h1 class="refname">PDO_FIREBIRD DSN</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL PDO_FIREBIRD >= 0.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">PDO_FIREBIRD DSN</span> — <span class="dc-title">Connecting to Firebird databases</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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The PDO_FIREBIRD Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:
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<span class="term">DSN prefix</span>
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The DSN prefix is <strong class="userinput"><code>firebird:</code></strong>.
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<span class="term"><em>dbname</em></span>
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The name of the database.
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<span class="term"><em>charset</em></span>
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The character set.
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<span class="term"><em>role</em></span>
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The SQL role name.
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<p><strong>Example #1 PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with path</strong></p>
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The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
Firebird databases:
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firebird:dbname=/path/to/DATABASE.FDB
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<p><strong>Example #2 PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with port and path</strong></p>
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The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
a Firebird database using hostname port and path:
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firebird:dbname=hostname/port:/path/to/DATABASE.FDB
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<p><strong>Example #3 PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with localhost and path to employee.fdb on Debian system</strong></p>
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The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
a Firebird database employee.fdb using localhost:
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firebird:dbname=localhost:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb
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