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--- v5:database:pdo [2019/01/03 03:26] – mnewnham
+++ v5:database:pdo [2019/01/06 04:22] – mnewnham
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 </WRAP>
 ===== Description =====
-This driver supports connections using the standardized [[http://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php|PHP Data Objects]] connection. The ''pdo'' driver itself cannot be used, it must be used with one of the supported databases:
+This driver supports connections using the standardized [[http://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php|PHP Data Objects]] connection. The ''pdo'' driver itself cannot be used, it must be used with one of the supported drivers:
-  * pdo_mssql (SQL Server with FREETDS)
-  * pdo_mysql (MySQL)
-  * pdo_oci (Oracle)
-  * pdo_pgsql (Postgresql)
-  * pdo_sqlite (SQLite)
-  * pdo_sqlsrv (SQL Server with Windows)
+^PHP Driver^Description^ADOdb Connector^
+|pdo_firebird|Firebird|firebird|
+|pdo_mssql|SQL Server with FREETDS|mssql|
+|pdo_mysql|MySQL|mysql|
+|pdo_oci|Oracle|oci|
+|pdo_pgsql|Postgresql|pgsql|
+|pdo_sqlite|SQLite|sqlite|
+|pdo_sqlsrv|SQL Server using Windows Native Client|sqlsrv|
 ===== Establishing A Connection =====
 To establish a connection, the **//DSN//** style of connection must be used, the first argument of the DSN string being the database type, e.g. to connect to a MySQL database:
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 ^ADOdb V6|Yes|
 </WRAP>
   * Some **//Meta//** functions are unavailable
-==== Sample Connection String ====
+-------------------------------------------------------
+=== Sample Connection String ===
 <code php>
 include 'adodb-dir/adodb.inc.php';
-$db = ADOnewConnection('pdo');
+$db   = ADOnewConnection('pdo');
+$dsn  = 'mysql:hostname=127.0.0.1;database=employees;'
 $user = 'user';
 $password = 'password'
-$db->connect('mysql:hostname=127.0.0.1;database=employees;',$user,$password);
+$db->connect($dsn,$user,$password);
 </code>
 ----------------------------------------------
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 ^ADOdb V6|Yes|
 </WRAP>
-===== Status =====
+=== Status ===
 Some features are not supported
-===== Sample Connection String =====
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+=== Sample Connection String ===
 <code php>
 $db = newAdoConnection('pdo');
-$dsnString= 'host=192.168.0.212;dbname=dvdrental';
+$dsn  = 'pgsql:host=192.168.0.212;dbname=dvdrental';
 $user = 'someuser';
-$password = 'somepass';
+$pass = 'somepass';
-$db->connect('pgsql:' . $dsnString,$someuser,$somepass);
+$db->connect($dsn,$user,$pass);
 </code>
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 ^ADOdb V6|Yes|
 </WRAP>
+----------------------------------------------------------------
-==== Sample Connection String ====
+=== Sample Connection String ===
 <code php>
 include 'adodb-dir/adodb.inc.php';
 $db = ADOnewConnection('pdo');
-$db->connect('sqlite:/home/sqlite/adodb-sqlite.db','root');
+$dsn  = 'sqlite:/home/sqlite/adodb-sqlite.db';
+$user = 'root';
+$db->connect($dsn,$user);
 </code>
----------------------------------------
+-------------------------------------------------
 ==== pdo_sqlsrv ====
 <WRAP right box round 300px>
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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-==== Sample Connection String ====
+=== Sample Connection String ===
 <code php>
 include 'adodb-dir/adodb.inc.php';
 $db = ADOnewConnection('pdo');
 $user = 'user';
-$password = 'password'
+$pass = 'password';
-$db->connect('sqlsrv:server=SERVER\SQLEXPRESS;database=NORTHWND;',$user,$password);
+$dsn  ='sqlsrv:server=SERVER\SQLEXPRESS;database=NORTHWND;';
+$db->connect($dsn,$user,$password);
 </code>
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+==== pdo_firebird ====
+<WRAP info>
+This driver is available from version 5.21
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP right box round 300px>
+== Native Driver ==
+[[v5:database:firebird|Firebird/Interbase Driver]]\\
+== Specification ==
+^Driver Name|pdo|
+^Data Provider|pdo|
+^Status|Active((This driver is supported by ADOdb project members))|
+^Windows|Yes|
+^Unix|Yes|
+^ADOdb V5|Yes|
+^ADOdb V6|Yes|
+</WRAP>
+Unlike other pdo drivers, pdo_firebird is the preferred driver for this database. This is due to specific issues with this driver reported [[https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72175|here]].
+------------------------------------------------------------
+=== Sample Connection String ===
+<code php>
+include 'adodb-dir/adodb.inc.php';
+$db = ADOnewConnection('pdo');
+$dsn  = 'firebird:dbname=employee.fdb;hostname=localhost';
+$user = 'SYSDBA';
+$pass = 'master-key';
+$db->connect($dsn,$user,$pass);
+</code>