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<h1 class="refname">MysqlndUhConnection::connect</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL mysqlnd-uh >= 1.0.0-alpha)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MysqlndUhConnection::connect</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open a new connection to the MySQL server</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mysqlnduhconnection.connect-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>MysqlndUhConnection::connect</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><span class="type mysqlnd_connection">mysqlnd_connection</span></span> <code class="parameter">$connection</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$host</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$use"</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$password</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$database</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$port</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$socket</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$mysql_flags</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Open a new connection to the MySQL server.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mysqlnduhconnection.connect-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">connection</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Mysqlnd connection handle. Do not modify!
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">host</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Can be either a host name or an IP address. Passing the NULL value or
the string "localhost" to this parameter,
the local host is assumed. When possible, pipes will be used
instead of the TCP/IP protocol.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">user</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The MySQL user name.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">password</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If not provided or <strong><code>NULL</code></strong>,
the MySQL server will attempt to authenticate
the user against those user records which have no password only.
This allows one username to be used with different permissions
(depending on if a password as provided or not).
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">database</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If provided will specify the default database to be used when performing queries.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">port</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Specifies the port number to attempt to connect to the MySQL server.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">socket</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Specifies the socket or named pipe that should be used.
If <strong><code>NULL</code></strong>, mysqlnd will default to
<em>/tmp/mysql.sock</em>.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">mysql_flags</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Connection options.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqlnduhconnection.connect-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success.
Otherwise, returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mysqlnduhconnection.connect-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-1881">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>MysqlndUhConnection::connect()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">proxy </span><span style="color: #007700">extends </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MysqlndUhConnection </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> public function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$host</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$user</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$passwd</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$port</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$socket</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysql_flags</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%s(%s)\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">__METHOD__</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_export</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">func_get_args</span><span style="color: #007700">(), </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ret </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">parent</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$host</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$user</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$passwd</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$port</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$socket</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysql_flags</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%s returns %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">__METHOD__</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_export</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ret</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ret</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqlnd_uh_set_connection_proxy</span><span style="color: #007700">(new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">proxy</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"root"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">""</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"test"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
proxy::connect(array (
0 => NULL,
1 => 'localhost',
2 => 'root',
3 => '',
4 => 'test',
5 => 3306,
6 => NULL,
7 => 131072,
))
proxy::connect returns true
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-mysqlnduhconnection.connect-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member">
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysqlnd-uh-set-connection-proxy.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqlnd_uh_set_connection_proxy()</a> - Installs a proxy for mysqlnd connections</span>
</li>
<li class="member">
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysqli-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_connect()</a> - Alias of mysqli::__construct</span>
</li>
<li class="member">
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_connect()</a> - Open a connection to a MySQL Server</span>
</li>
</ul>
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