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<reference id="ref.uodbc">
<title>ODBC Functions (Unified)</title>
<titleabbrev>ODBC</titleabbrev>
<partintro>
<section id="uodbc.intro">
&reftitle.intro;
<para>
In addition to normal ODBC support, the Unified ODBC functions in
PHP allow you to access several databases that have borrowed the
semantics of the ODBC API to implement their own API. Instead of
maintaining multiple database drivers that were all nearly
identical, these drivers have been unified into a single set of
ODBC functions.
</para>
<para>
The following databases are supported by the Unified ODBC
functions: <ulink url="&url.adabas;">Adabas D</ulink>,
<ulink url="&url.ibmdb2;">IBM DB2</ulink>,
<ulink url="&url.iodbc;">iODBC</ulink>,
<ulink url="&url.solid;">Solid</ulink>, and
<ulink url="&url.sybase;">Sybase SQL Anywhere</ulink>.
</para>
<note>
<para>
There is no ODBC involved when connecting to the above
databases. The functions that you use to speak natively to them
just happen to share the same names and syntax as the ODBC
functions. The exception to this is iODBC. Building PHP with iODBC
support enables you to use any ODBC-compliant drivers with your PHP
applications. iODBC is maintained by <ulink url="&url.openlink;">
OpenLink Software</ulink>. More information on iODBC, as well as a
HOWTO, is available at <ulink url="&url.iodbc;">www.iodbc.org</ulink>.
</para>
</note>
</section>
<section id="uodbc.requirements">
&reftitle.required;
<para>
To access any of the supported databases you need to have
the required libraries installed.
</para>
</section>
&reference.uodbc.configure;
&reference.uodbc.ini;
<section id="uodbc.resources">
&reftitle.resources;
&no.resource;
</section>
&reference.uodbc.constants;
</partintro>
&reference.uodbc.functions;
</reference>
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