PDO_FIREBIRD DSN

Connecting to Firebird databases

Description

The PDO_FIREBIRD Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:

DSN prefix: The DSN prefix is firebird:.
dbname: The name of the database.
charset: The character set.
role: The SQL role name.
dialect: The dialect of the database; either 1 or 3. If not specified, the dialect defaults to 3. Available as of PHP 7.4.0.

Examples

Example #1 PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with path

The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to Firebird databases:

firebird:dbname=/path/to/DATABASE.FDB

Example #2 PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with port and path

The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to a Firebird database using hostname port and path:

firebird:dbname=hostname/port:/path/to/DATABASE.FDB

Example #3 PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with localhost and path to employee.fdb on Debian system

The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to a Firebird database employee.fdb using localhost:

firebird:dbname=localhost:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb

Example #4 PDO_FIREBIRD DSN to connect to a dialect 1 database

The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to a Firebird database test.fdb which has been created using dialect 1. This is only supported as of PHP 7.4.0.

firebird:dbname=localhost:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/test.fdb;charset=utf-8;dialect=1