(PHP 5, PHP 7 < 7.4.0)
ibase_service_attach — Connect to the service manager
hostThe name or ip address of the database host. You can define the port by adding '/' and port number. If no port is specified, port 3050 will be used.
dba_usernameThe name of any valid user.
dba_passwordThe user's password.
Returns a Interbase / Firebird link identifier on success or false on failure.
Example #1 ibase_service_attach() example
<?php
// Attach to the remote Firebird server by ip address
if (($service = ibase_service_attach('10.1.1.199', 'sysdba', 'masterkey')) != FALSE) {
// Successfully attached.
// Fetch server version (something like 'LI-V3.0.4.33054 Firebird 3.0')
$server_version = ibase_server_info($service, IBASE_SVC_SERVER_VERSION);
// Fetch server implementation (something like 'Firebird/Linux/AMD/Intel/x64')
$server_implementation = ibase_server_info($service, IBASE_SVC_IMPLEMENTATION);
// Detach from server (disconnect)
ibase_service_detach($service);
// Output the info
echo "Server version: " . $server_version . "<br/>";
echo "Server implementation: " . $server_implementation;
}
else {
// Output message on error
$conn_error = ibase_errmsg();
die($conn_error);
}
?>
Example #2 ibase_service_attach() example using hostname/port syntax
<?php
// Attach to the remote Firebird server by name. Use Port 3050.
if (($service = ibase_service_attach('FB-SRV-01.contoso.local/3050', 'sysdba', 'masterkey')) != FALSE) {
// Successfully attached.
// Fetch server version (something like 'LI-V3.0.4.33054 Firebird 3.0')
$server_version = ibase_server_info($service, IBASE_SVC_SERVER_VERSION);
// Fetch server implementation (something like 'Firebird/Linux/AMD/Intel/x64')
$server_implementation = ibase_server_info($service, IBASE_SVC_IMPLEMENTATION);
// Detach from server (disconnect)
ibase_service_detach($service);
// Output the info
echo "Server version: " . $server_version . "<br/>";
echo "Server implementation: " . $server_implementation;
}
else {
// Output message on error
$conn_error = ibase_errmsg();
die($conn_error);
}
?>The previous comment is incorrect. You can connect to the Service Manager as any valid user, and connecting to the Service Manager is not the same as connecting to the security database. However, some of the service functions (which you may subsequently call with the service handle returned by ibase_service_attach) are only available to SYSDBA.When using this function it looks like you can only use SYSDBA as the user, as you are connecting to the security database. This is a restriction by the interbase/firebird server.An example of ibase_service_attach:
<?php
//attach to the server running on localhost
if (($service = ibase_service_attach('localhost', 'sysdba', 'masterkey')) != FALSE) {
//retrieve server info
$server_info = ibase_server_info($service, IBASE_SVC_SERVER_VERSION)
. ' / '
. ibase_server_info($service, IBASE_SVC_IMPLEMENTATION);
//detach from server (disconnect)
ibase_service_detach($service);
}
else {
$ib_error = ibase_errmsg();
}
echo $server_info;
?>
Should echo something like:
WI-T2.0.0.12484 Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 1 / Firebird/x86/Windows NT
Taken/adapted from ibWebAdmin source code