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<h1 class="refname">PDO::getAvailableDrivers</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PECL pdo >= 1.0.3)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">PDO::getAvailableDrivers</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Return an array of available PDO drivers
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="modifier">static</span> <span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>PDO::getAvailableDrivers</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>pdo_drivers</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This function returns all currently available PDO drivers which can be used
in <em><code class="parameter">DSN</code></em> parameter of
<span class="function"><a href="pdo.construct.html" class="function">PDO::__construct()</a></span>.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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<span class="function"><strong>PDO::getAvailableDrivers()</strong></span> returns an array of PDO driver names. If
no drivers are available, it returns an empty array.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 A <span class="function"><strong>PDO::getAvailableDrivers()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">PDO</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getAvailableDrivers</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
Array
(
[0] => mysql
[1] => sqlite
)
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