<!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>Prepare a query for later binding of parameter placeholders and execution</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.ibase-pconnect.html">ibase_pconnect</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.ibase-query.html">ibase_query</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-prepare" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">ibase_prepare</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ibase_prepare</span> — <span class="dc-title">Prepare a query for later binding of parameter placeholders and execution</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.ibase-prepare-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ibase_prepare</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span> )</div> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ibase_prepare</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span> )</div> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ibase_prepare</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$trans</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span> )</div> <p class="simpara"> Prepare a query for later binding of parameter placeholders and execution (via <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-execute.html" class="function">ibase_execute()</a></span>). </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.ibase-prepare-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">query</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> An InterBase query. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ibase-prepare-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns a prepared query handle, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error. </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.ibase-pconnect.html">ibase_pconnect</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.ibase-query.html">ibase_query</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>