FairCom SQL for PHP

Quick Start

This Quick Start comprises four simple tutorials designed to guide you through the basic use of the FairCom DB PHP Interface technology.

This guide presents the following ways to use FairCom DB with PHP:

• Using PHP 7 with the PDO Extension - This is the preferred method of connecting FairCom DB with PHP. It supports PHP 7.
• Using PHP with the sql.php API - This method uses the native FairCom DB sql.php driver to connect to PHP 5.x.x. It does not support later versions of PHP.
• Using PHP with ODBC - This method is an alternative to connecting to PHP using the native sql.php driver or the PDO extension.

Where to Find the Tutorials

The latest tutorials can be found in the ReadMe files:

• PHP - SQL API for older versions of PHP

  The source code is located in <faircom>\drivers\php.sql\tutorials (or sdk\sql.php\tutorials)

• PHP PDO - Recomended: Support for newer versions of PHP using PHP Data Objects (PDO)

  The source code is located in <faircom>\drivers\php.sql.pdo (or sdk\sql.php.pdo\tutorials)