FairCom SQL for PHP

Using PHP with ODBC

Note: This chapter explains how to use the FairCom DB ODBC driver to access the FairCom database from PHP. This method should be considered obsolete, and has been superseded by the techniques taught in the earlier parts of this document and by the PHP PDO extension. No new development should be done using this method. This documentation has been kept for backwards compatibility reasons only.

Faircom strongly recommends that PHP developers connect to the FairCom database using the techniques taught in the earlier parts of this document (PHP 5), or using the PHP PDO extension (PHP 7+, see the FairCom DB PHP PDO ReadMe).

FairCom DB PHP can be installed and run under both IIS on Microsoft Windows and Apache on Linux/Unix. Follow one of the links below for your platform of choice.

• Using PHP on Windows
• Using PHP on Linux and Unix

Also in this chapter:

• Set Up the ODBC Data Source

In This Chapter Using PHP with ODBC on Windows Using PHP on Linux and Unix Set Up the ODBC Data Source