PHP Developer's Dictionary- P95: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 ocilogon Syntax int ocilogon string username string password string db Description The ocilogon function which is available in PHP and higher returns a connection identifier that is used as a handle for most other Oracle functions. The optional db parameter is used to identify either the name of the local Oracle instance you want to connect to or an entry found in the file. If no db parameter is specified PHP uses the oracle_sid or two_task environment variable to determine the database to which it should connect. Note that connections are shared at the page level when using this function which means that commits and rollbacks apply to all transactions associated with the page even if they exist in separate connections. ociplogon Syntax int ociplogon string username string password string db Description The ociplogon function which is available in PHP and higher acts the same as the ocilogon function except that a persistent connection is established which is not destroyed at the end of script s processing. ocinlogon Syntax int ocinlogon string username string password string db Description The ocinlogon function which is available in PHP and higher establishes a new connection to an Oracle database and logs on. The optional db parameter is used to identify either the name of the local Oracle instance you want to connect to IT-SC book 470 PHP Developer s Dictionary or an entry found in the file. If no db parameter is specified PHP uses the oracle_sid or two_task environment variables to determine the database to which it should connect. This function forces a new connection to be established instead of sharing an existing connection if possible. Any commits and rollbacks performed on this connection are not shared with the page s other connections unlike the ocilogon function. ocilogoff Syntax int ocilogoff int connection Description The ocilogoff function which is available in PHP and .
