adoNewConnection

Syntax

mixed adoNewConnection(
    optional string $driverType=''
)

Description

The function adoNewConnection, in the simple form, loads the database driver specific files as specified by the string $driverType. The driver name must match the name of a file adodb-$driverType-inc.php in the adodb/drivers directory. As there is no 'master list' of drivers, the driver can be named anything, it's existence in this directory is the only way of checking it's validity. This simplicity makes it easy to create a new driver.

Passing a connection DSN

In addition to the simple form, a DSN connection string can be passed to any database that supports that connection type. The $driverType string must be in the following format:

"valid driver name" + "://" + "standard DSN string"

If the DSN string parses correctly, an attempt is made to automatically connect to the database. If the connection succeeds, then there is no need to issue a connect() statement.

Usage

Simple Usage

include 'adodb.inc.php';
/*
* Simple connection
*/
$driver = 'mysqli';
$db     = adoNewConnection($driver);
/*
* Now connect to the database
*/
$db->connect('localhost','user','password','employees');

DSN Usage

include 'adodb.inc.php';
/*
* Set DSN
*/
$driver = 'mysqli';
$DSN    = "user:password@localhost/employees";
$db     = adoNewConnection($driver . '://' . $DSN);
/*
* Now connected
*/

Additional Parameters To DSN connection

The following additional parameter can be added to the DSN connection string. Some of the parameters only work with specific drivers.

Code	Driver	Value	Parameter	Description
new		true	nConnect()	Forces a new connection
persist		true	pConnect()	Creates a persistent connection
persistent		true	pConnect()	Creates a persistent connection
debug		true	debug	Enables debug mode
port	mysqli, postgres9	int		Sets the connection port
socket	mysqli	string		Sets the connection socket
nls_date_format	oci8	string		Set date format
cachesecs		int		Sets the number of cache seconds
memCache		false	memcache	Enables memcache library for caching
memCacheHost		array	memcache	Array of one or more memcached servers
memCachePort		int	memcache	Optional alternative port to connect to memcache server(s)
memCacheCompress		false	memcache	Enables memcache compression (not supported with memcached library)

Error Codes

Note that, because no connection object is available, the codes cannot be retrieved via errorMsg()