PHP Developer's Dictionary- P92:PHP is an open source, server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language used to create dynamically generated Web pages. With an easy-to-use syntax and a large, extensible library of modules, PHP brings together the best of Perl, C++, and other languages. | PHP Developer s Dictionary The ODBC functions enable you to access data not only from databases for which ODBC drivers exist but also from databases that have borrowed the semantics of ODBC. Such databases include Adabas D IBM DB2 iODBC Solid and Sybase SQL Anywhere. Although ODBC was originally developed by Microsoft it is now widely available on several platforms including most UNIX Linux variations. odbc_autocommit Syntax int odbc_autocommit int connection_id int OnOff Description The odbc_autocommit function which is available from PHP to PHP along with PHP and higher returns the autocommit status for the connection_id if no OnOff value is supplied. A TRUE value means that autocommit is on and FALSE indicates that it is off or an error occurred. Supply a value for the OnOff parameter to set it accordingly. Turning off autocommit is equivalent to starting a transaction. odbc_binmode Syntax int odbc_binmode int result_id int mode Description The odbc_binmode function which is available from PHP to PHP along with PHP and higher determines how binary data should be handled. The possible mode values are as follows ODBC_BINMODE_PASSTHRU Passthru BINARY data ODBC_BINMODE_RETURN Return as is ODBC_BINMODE_CONVERT Convert to char and return When binary SQL data is converted to character C data each byte 8 bits is expressed as two ASCII characters. The ASCII characters are the hexadecimal equivalent for the binary data. If the result_id parameter is set to 0 these settings will be the default for future calls. odbc_close IT-SC book 455 PHP Developer s Dictionary Syntax void obdc_close int connection_id Description The odbc ciose function which is available from PHP to PHP along with PHP and higher closes the connection referenced by the connection_id unless transactions are still open. In such a case the connection will remain open. odbc_close_a ll Syntax void odbc_close_all void Description The odbc_close_all function .
