Installation
This extension has been moved to the » PECL
repository and is no longer bundled with PHP as of PHP 7.4.0
Information for installing this PECL extension may be
found in the manual chapter titled Installation
of PECL extensions. Additional information such as new releases,
downloads, source files, maintainer information, and a CHANGELOG, can be
located here:
» https://pecl.php.net/package/ibase.
To enable Firebird/InterBase support configure PHP
--with-interbase[=DIR], where DIR is the
Firebird/InterBase base install directory, which defaults to
/usr.
Note:
Note to Win32/Win64 Users
In order for this extension to work, there are
DLL files that must be available to the Windows
system PATH. For information on how to do this, see the
FAQ entitled "How do I add my PHP directory to the PATH
on Windows". Although copying DLL
files from the PHP folder into the Windows system directory also works
(because the system directory is by default in the system's
PATH), this is not recommended.
This extension requires the following files to be in the
PATH:
fbclient.dll,gds32.dll
If you installed the Firebird/InterBase database server on the
same machine PHP is running on, you will have this DLL already and
fbclient.dll,gds32.dll (gds32.dll is generated from the installer for legacy applications) will already be in
the PATH.