<!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>Connecting to IBM databases</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="ref.pdo-ibm.html">IBM (PDO)</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="ref.pdo-informix.html">Informix (PDO)</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.pdo-ibm.html">IBM (PDO)</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="ref.pdo-ibm.connection" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">PDO_IBM DSN</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PECL PDO_IBM >= 0.9.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">PDO_IBM DSN</span> — <span class="dc-title">Connecting to IBM databases</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-ref.pdo-ibm.connection-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <p class="para"> The PDO_IBM Data Source Name (DSN) is based on the IBM CLI DSN. The major components of the PDO_IBM DSN are: <dl> <dt> DSN prefix</dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The DSN prefix is <strong class="userinput"><code>ibm:</code></strong>. </p> </dd> <dt> DSN</dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The DSN can be any of the following: <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> <p class="para"> a) Data source setup using <var class="filename">db2cli.ini</var> or <var class="filename">odbc.ini</var> </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p class="para"> b) Catalogued database name i.e. database alias in the DB2 client catalog </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p class="para"> c) Complete connection string in the following format: <code class="code">DRIVER={IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER};DATABASE=<code class="parameter">database</code>;HOSTNAME=<code class="parameter">hostname</code>;PORT=<code class="parameter">port</code>;PROTOCOL=TCPIP;UID=<code class="parameter">username</code>;PWD=<code class="parameter">password</code>;</code> where the parameters represent the following values: <dl> <dt> <code class="parameter">database</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The name of the database. </p> </dd> <dt> <code class="parameter">hostname</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The hostname or IP address of the database server. </p> </dd> <dt> <code class="parameter">port</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The TCP/IP port on which the database is listening for requests. </p> </dd> <dt> <code class="parameter">username</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The username with which you are connecting to the database. </p> </dd> <dt> <code class="parameter">password</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The password with which you are connecting to the database. </p> </dd> </dl> </p> </li> </ul> </p> </dd> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-ref.pdo-ibm.connection-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-1095"> <p><strong>Example #1 PDO_IBM DSN example using <var class="filename">db2cli.ini</var></strong></p> <div class="example-contents"><p> The following example shows a PDO_IBM DSN for connecting to an DB2 database cataloged as DB2_9 in <var class="filename">db2cli.ini</var>: <div class="example-contents"><div class="cdata"><pre> $db = new PDO("ibm:DSN=DB2_9", "", ""); [DB2_9] Database=testdb Protocol=tcpip Hostname=11.22.33.444 Servicename=56789 </pre></div></div> </p></div> </div> <div class="example" id="example-1096"> <p><strong>Example #2 PDO_IBM DSN example using a connection string</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"><p> The following example shows a PDO_IBM DSN for connecting to an DB2 database named <strong class="userinput"><code>testdb</code></strong> using the DB2 CLI connection string syntax. <div class="example-contents"><div class="cdata"><pre> $db = new PDO("ibm:DRIVER={IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER};DATABASE=testdb;" . "HOSTNAME=11.22.33.444;PORT=56789;PROTOCOL=TCPIP;", "testuser", "tespass"); </pre></div> </div> </p></div> </div> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="ref.pdo-ibm.html">IBM (PDO)</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="ref.pdo-informix.html">Informix (PDO)</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.pdo-ibm.html">IBM (PDO)</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>