<!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>Opens a Sybase server connection</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.sybase-close.html">sybase_close</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.sybase-data-seek.html">sybase_data_seek</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.sybase.html">Sybase Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.sybase-connect" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">sybase_connect</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">sybase_connect</span> — <span class="dc-title">Opens a Sybase server connection</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.sybase-connect-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>sybase_connect</strong></span> ([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$servername</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$username</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$password</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$charset</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$appname</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$new</code><span class="initializer"> = false</span></span> ]]]]]] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> <span class="function"><strong>sybase_connect()</strong></span> establishes a connection to a Sybase server. </p> <p class="para"> In case a second call is made to <span class="function"><strong>sybase_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. </p> <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.sybase-close.html" class="function">sybase_close()</a></span>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.sybase-connect-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">servername</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The servername argument has to be a valid servername that is defined in the 'interfaces' file. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">username</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Sybase user name </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">password</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Password associated with <em><code class="parameter">username</code></em>. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">charset</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Specifies the charset for the connection </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">appname</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Specifies an <em>appname</em> for the Sybase connection. This allow you to make separate connections in the same script to the same database. This may come handy when you have started a transaction in your current connection, and you need to be able to do a separate query which cannot be performed inside this transaction. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">new</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Whether to open a new connection or use the existing one. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.sybase-connect-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns a positive Sybase link identifier on success, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.sybase-connect-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>5.3.0</td> <td> The <em><code class="parameter">new</code></em> parameter was added. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.2.0</td> <td> The <em><code class="parameter">appname</code></em> parameter was added. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.0.2</td> <td> The <em><code class="parameter">charset</code></em> parameter was added. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.sybase-connect-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-2195"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>sybase_connect()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">sybase_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SYBASE'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">''</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">''</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Could not connect !"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connected successfully"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">sybase_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.sybase-connect-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.sybase-pconnect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">sybase_pconnect()</a> - Open persistent Sybase connection</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.sybase-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">sybase_close()</a> - Closes a Sybase connection</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.sybase-close.html">sybase_close</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.sybase-data-seek.html">sybase_data_seek</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.sybase.html">Sybase Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>