XXVII. dbx Functions

Introductie

The dbx module is a database abstraction layer (db 'X', where 'X' is a supported database). The dbx functions allow you to access all supported databases using a single calling convention. The dbx-functions themselves do not interface directly to the databases, but interface to the modules that are used to support these databases.

Opmerking: This extension has been moved to the PECL repository and is no longer bundled with PHP as of PHP 5.1.0.

Afhankelijkheden

To be able to use a database with the dbx-module, the module must be either linked or loaded into PHP, and the database module must be supported by the dbx-module. Currently, the following databases are supported, but others will follow:

Documentation for adding additional database support to dbx can be found at http://www.guidance.nl/php/dbx/doc/.

Installatie

In order to have these functions available, you must compile PHP with dbx support by using the --enable-dbx option and all options for the databases that will be used, e.g. for MySQL you must also specify --with-mysql=[DIR]. To get other supported databases to work with the dbx-module refer to their specific documentation.

Configuratie tijdens scriptuitvoer

Het gedrag van deze functies wordt beïnvloed vanuit php.ini.

Tabel 1. DBX Configuration Options

NameDefaultChangeableChangelog
dbx.colnames_case"unchanged"PHP_INI_SYSTEMAvailable since PHP 4.3.0.
For further details and definitions of the PHP_INI_* constants, see the Bijlage I.

Here's a short explanation of the configuration directives.

dbx.colnames_case string

Columns names can be returned "unchanged" or converted to "uppercase" or "lowercase". This directive can be overridden with a flag to dbx_query().

Resource types

There are two resource types used in the dbx module. The first one is the link-object for a database connection, the second a result-object which holds the result of a query.

Voorgedefinieerde constanten

Deze constanten worden gedefinieerd door deze extensie, en zullen alleen beschikbaar zijn als de extensie met PHP is meegecompileerd, of als deze dynamisch is geladen vanuit een script.

DBX_MYSQL (integer)

DBX_ODBC (integer)

DBX_PGSQL (integer)

DBX_MSSQL (integer)

DBX_FBSQL (integer)

DBX_OCI8 (integer) (available from PHP 4.3.0)

DBX_SYBASECT (integer)

DBX_SQLITE (integer) (PHP 5)

DBX_PERSISTENT (integer)

DBX_RESULT_INFO (integer)

DBX_RESULT_INDEX (integer)

DBX_RESULT_ASSOC (integer)

DBX_RESULT_UNBUFFERED (integer) (PHP 5)

DBX_COLNAMES_UNCHANGED (integer) (available from PHP 4.3.0)

DBX_COLNAMES_UPPERCASE (integer) (available from PHP 4.3.0)

DBX_COLNAMES_LOWERCASE (integer) (available from PHP 4.3.0)

DBX_CMP_NATIVE (integer)

DBX_CMP_TEXT (integer)

DBX_CMP_NUMBER (integer)

DBX_CMP_ASC (integer)

DBX_CMP_DESC (integer)

Inhoudsopgave
dbx_close -- Close an open connection/database
dbx_compare -- Compare two rows for sorting purposes
dbx_connect -- Open a connection/database
dbx_error --  Report the error message of the latest function call in the module
dbx_escape_string --  Escape a string so it can safely be used in an sql-statement
dbx_fetch_row -- Fetches rows from a query-result that had the DBX_RESULT_UNBUFFERED flag set
dbx_query -- Send a query and fetch all results (if any)
dbx_sort --  Sort a result from a dbx_query by a custom sort function