Does anyone at all use Informix with PHP?

Hi all. I am currently working on a project where we are combining two running systems. One of the system is using PostgreSQL db, the other is using Informix. The PostgreSQL system is programmed in PHP, using PEAR. The other (older) system has a 4GL interface. Our initial plan was to port the PostgreSQL database to Informix making use of the abstraction of the PEAR::DB layer. According to the description of PEAR::DB it should support Informix. Well, to cut the story short, we can't make it work. Text fields (blobs in ifx) seem to give us the most problems. There seem to be surprisingly few answers out there. We have also tried ADODB and Metabase without luck. And that leads me to the question: Has anyone of you out there used Informix + PHP with success? And if so, did you use an abstraction layer, and which? Can anyone share their wisdom? Best regards. Baldur Eiríksson University of Iceland Computing Services <mailto:baldure@hi.is> baldure@hi.is