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<h1 class="refname">fbsql_connect</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fbsql_connect</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open a connection to a FrontBase Server</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-connect-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fbsql_connect</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$hostname</code><span class="initializer"> = ini_get("fbsql.default_host")</span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$username</code><span class="initializer"> = ini_get("fbsql.default_user")</span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$password</code><span class="initializer"> = ini_get("fbsql.default_password")</span></span>
]]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>fbsql_connect()</strong></span> establishes a connection to a
FrontBase server.
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<p class="para">
If a second call is made to <span class="function"><strong>fbsql_connect()</strong></span>
with the same arguments, no new link will be established, but
instead, the link identifier of the already opened link will be
returned.
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<p class="para">
The link to the server will be closed as soon as the execution of
the script ends, unless it's closed earlier by explicitly calling
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-close.html" class="function">fbsql_close()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-connect-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">hostname</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The server host name.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">username</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The user name for the connection.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">password</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The password for the connection.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-connect-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a positive FrontBase link identifier on success, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on
errors.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-connect-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-1115">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>fbsql_connect()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fbsql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"_SYSTEM"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"secret"</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Could not connect"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connected successfully"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fbsql_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-connect-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-pconnect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fbsql_pconnect()</a> - Open a persistent connection to a FrontBase Server</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fbsql_close()</a> - Close FrontBase connection</span></li>
</ul>
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