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# PDO_FIREBIRD DSN

(PECL PDO_FIREBIRD >= 0.1.0)

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.

### 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

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