Re: HowTo: IBM DB2 w/PHP

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Karl J. Stubsjoen wrote: > We have succesfully installed the IBM DB2 RDMS on our Linux box and have > successfully made a connection to our AS400. All through command line > though. What are the versions of your AS400 and DB2 for Linux? I had tryied to connect on an AS400 some time ago without success (both from Linux and AIX)! And from what I read on that time I tought the only way to connect to an AS400 is from windows! > I am new to PHP, and am wondering: > How do I instantiate the IBM DB2 in PHP, call commands, run queries, etc...? > I'm not looking for all the answers, but tips on How to Get Started. This isn't difficult (but isn't simple too!), try compile PHP using --with-ibm-db2, and then use the "odbc" comand set (odbc_connect, etc). The implentation of DB2 in PHP uses the odbc calls (it isn't odbc, it uses the native DB2 cli). I use it here on my university to access a DB2 AIX box from my Linux Web Server. Antonio. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Antonio S. Martins Jr. - System Analist | "Only The Shadow Knows | | WorldNet Internet Maringa - PR - Brasil | what evil lurks in the | | E-Mail: shadow@wnet.com.br | Heart of Men!" | | shadow@uem.br | !!! Linux User: 52392 !!! | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ This e-mail message is 100% Microsoft free! /"\ \ / CAMPANHA DA FITA ASCII - CONTRA MAIL HTML X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL / \