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<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>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function was
<em class="emphasis">REMOVED</em> in PHP 7.0.0.</p></div>
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<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"> = <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong></span></span>
]]]]]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>sybase_connect()</strong></span> establishes a connection to a
Sybase server.
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<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>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.sybase-connect-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">servername</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The servername argument has to be a valid servername that is defined
in the 'interfaces' file.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">username</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Sybase user name
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">password</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Password associated with <code class="parameter">username</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">charset</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Specifies the charset for the connection
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">appname</code></dt>
<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>
<code class="parameter">new</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Whether to open a new connection or use the existing one.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</p>
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<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>
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<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 <code class="parameter">new</code> parameter was added.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.sybase-connect-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-2680">
<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>
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<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>
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