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IBM DB2 Connections to PHP under linux.

Oct 19th, 2000 09:54
Aslak Berby,

To connect IBM DB2 to PHP under linux (UNIX in general) is quite simple.

First you must install the DB2 including the software develooper kit. 
(Is on teh default instalation for Linix.)

Compile PHP with the --with-ibm-db2=/your/path/to/the/db2inst1/sqllib 
option (for example: "./configure --with-pgsql --with-ibm-
db2=/disks/8gig/home/db2ins71/sqllib --without-gd --enable-ftp --with-
apache=../apache_1.3.12  --enable-track-vars" then compile the Apache 
server like usual.

In PHP use the odbc_* function calls to do the rest.

Example:
$Link_ID=odbc_pconnect("databasename","user","Password");
$Query_ID = odbc_do($Link_ID,"SELECT a,b FROM some_sheame.some_table");
$i=1;
$res=odbc_fetch_row($Query_ID,$i);
while($res)
{
  print("A:".odbc_result($Query_ID,"a")." B:".odbc_result
($Query_ID,"b")."<BR>");
  $res=odbc_fetch_row($Query_ID,$i);
}
odbc_free_result($Query_ID );
odbc_Close($Link_ID); 

PHP also instals a DB class hirachy whitch I recommend. It's default 
locatet at:/usr/local/lib/php/DB.php 

Good luck