(PECL PDO_MYSQL >= 0.1.0)
PDO_MYSQL DSN — Connecting to MySQL databases
The PDO_MYSQL Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:
The DSN prefix is mysql:
.
The hostname on which the database server resides.
The port number where the database server is listening.
The name of the database.
The MySQL Unix socket (shouldn't be used with host or port).
Currently ignored.
Beispiel #1 PDO_MYSQL DSN examples
The following example shows a PDO_MYSQL DSN for connecting to MySQL databases:
mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb
mysql:host=localhost;port=3307;dbname=testdb mysql:unix_socket=/tmp/mysql.sock;dbname=testdb
Hinweis: Unix only:
When the host name is set to "localhost", then the connection to the server is made thru a domain socket. If PDO_MYSQL is compiled against libmysql then the location of the socket file is at libmysql's compiled in location. If PDO_MYSQL is compiled against mysqlnd a default socket can be set thru the pdo_mysql.default_socket setting.
Even though pdo_mysql accepts an additional "charset" parameter in the DSN (see mysql_driver.c:442), as of PHP 5.2.9 it does not do anything with it.
A possible workaround to set the charset to UTF-8, for example, could be:
<?php
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:$connstr", $user, $password);
$dbh -> exec("set names utf8");
?>
Here is a function that provides a generic interface to connect
to a mySQL PDO. This takes care of the default values automatically
and deals with the difference between a host name and a socket path.
The advantage of using LOCALHOST for the default is that you don't have
to worry about IPv4 vs IPv6. But keep in mind that mySQL login security
does not treat the name as being interchangeable with the ip address.
You could of course change the default to use a socket path instead.
Enjoy!
Codeslinger
P.S. This form forces you to limit the length of your lines, so I had to
split a couple of things.
<?php
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//
// Creates a new mySQL database connection
//
// Returns a PDO object or an error message
// Use: is_object() to verify the result
//
//
// If $DBHost starts with a '/' then it is treated as a Socket
//
// if $DBHost is empty it will default to LOCALHOST which is NOT the
// same as 127.0.0.1
//
// $DBPort is optional and will use the standard mySQL default if not
// specified
//
// The database name ($DBName) is optional, but if it is specified
// it must exist or an error results
//
// 2009-03-11 Created: by codeslinger at compsalot.com
//
// Released to the Public Domain free to use and modify
//
//
function dbPDO_Connect_mySQL($DBUser, $DBPass, $DBName = false,
$DBHost = false, $DBPort = false)
{
$DBNameEq = empty($DBName) ? '' : ";dbname=$DBName";
if (empty($DBHost)) $DBHost = 'localhost';
If ($DBHost[0] === '/')
{
$Connection = "unix_socket=$DBHost";
}
else
{
if (empty($DBPort)) $DBPort = 3306;
$Connection = "host=$DBHost;port=$DBPort";
}
//======================
try
{
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:$Connection$DBNameEq"
, $DBUser, $DBPass);
}
catch (PDOException $e)
{
return $e->getMessage();
}
return $dbh;
}
//================================
//================================
//
//Example of use:
//connects to the default (localhost)
$dbh = dbPDO_Connect_mySQL('user', 'password', 'database');
//............................................................
//error handler goes here
if (!is_object($dbh)) trigger_error("Failed to connect to 'database' "
." | Error = $dbh", E_USER_ERROR);
//............................................................
//get a record
$sql = "select * from SomeTable limit 1;";
$dbRS = $dbh->query($sql);
$row = empty($dbRS) ? false : $dbRS->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
if (!empty($dbRS)) $dbRS->closeCursor();
//............................................................
//do something with the data
if (!empty($row)) print_r($row);
else echo "Error? no data found\n";
?>
I have tested this and found that the "dbname" field is optional. Which is a good thing if you must first create the db.
After creating a db be sure to exec a "use dbname;" command, or else use fully specified table references.