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sybase_connect()

sybase_connect - Opens a Sybase server connection

Syntax

resource sybase_connect (string $servername, string $username, string $password, string $charset, string $appname, bool $new)

Arguments

  • servername - The servername argument has to be a valid servername that is defined in the \'interfaces\' file.
  • username - Sybase user name
  • password - Password associated with username.
  • charset - Specifies the charset for the connection
  • appname - Specifies an appnamefor the Sybase connection. This allow you to make separate connections in the same script to the same database. This may come handy when you have started a transaction in your current connection, and you need to be able to do a separate query which cannot be performed inside this transaction.
  • new - Whether to open a new connection or use the existing one.

Description

sybase_connect() establishes a connection to a Sybase server.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

Returns a positive Sybase link identifier on success, or FALSE on failure.