<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Open blob for retrieving data parts</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.ibase-blob-info.html">ibase_blob_info</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.ibase-close.html">ibase_close</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.ibase.html">Firebird/InterBase Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.ibase-blob-open" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">ibase_blob_open</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ibase_blob_open</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open blob for retrieving data parts</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-open-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ibase_blob_open</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$blob_id</code></span> )</div> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ibase_blob_open</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$blob_id</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Opens an existing BLOB for reading. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-open-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">link_identifier</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> An InterBase link identifier. If omitted, the last opened link is assumed. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">blob_id</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> A BLOB id. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-open-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns a BLOB handle for later use with <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-get.html" class="function">ibase_blob_get()</a></span> or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-open-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_close()</a> - Close blob</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-echo.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_echo()</a> - Output blob contents to browser</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-get.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_get()</a> - Get len bytes data from open blob</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.ibase-blob-info.html">ibase_blob_info</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.ibase-close.html">ibase_close</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.ibase.html">Firebird/InterBase Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>