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odbc_binmode()

odbc_binmode - Handling of binary column data

Syntax

bool odbc_binmode (resource $result_id, int $mode)

Arguments

  • result_id - The result identifier. If result_id is 0, the settings apply as default for new results. Note: Default for longreadlenis 4096and mode defaults to ODBC_BINMODE_RETURN. Handling of binary long columns is also affected by odbc_longreadlen().
  • mode - Possible values for mode are: ODBC_BINMODE_PASSTHRU : Passthru BINARY data ODBC_BINMODE_RETURN : Return as is ODBC_BINMODE_CONVERT : Convert to char and return

Description

Enables handling of binary column data. ODBC SQL types affected are BINARY, VARBINARY, and LONGVARBINARY.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.