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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.ibase-pconnect">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ibase_pconnect</refname>
  <refpurpose>Open a persistent connection to an InterBase database</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>resource</type><methodname>ibase_pconnect</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>database</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>username</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>password</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>charset</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>buffers</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>dialect</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>role</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>sync</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Opens a persistent connection to an InterBase database.
  </para>
  <para>
   <function>ibase_pconnect</function> acts very much like
   <function>ibase_connect</function> with two major differences.
  </para>
  <para>
   First, when connecting, the function will first try to find a (persistent)
   link that's already opened with the same parameters. If one is found, an
   identifier for it will be returned instead of opening a new connection.
  </para>
  <para>
   Second, the connection to the InterBase server will not be closed when the
   execution of the script ends. Instead, the link will remain open for
   future use (<function>ibase_close</function> will not close links
   established by <function>ibase_pconnect</function>). This type of link is
   therefore called 'persistent'.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>database</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The <parameter>database</parameter> argument has to be a valid path to
       database file on the server it resides on. If the server is not local,
       it must be prefixed with either 'hostname:' (TCP/IP), '//hostname/'
       (NetBEUI) or 'hostname@' (IPX/SPX), depending on the connection
       protocol used.   
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>username</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The user name. Can be set with the
       <literal>ibase.default_user</literal> &php.ini; directive.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>password</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The password for <parameter>username</parameter>. Can be set with the
       <literal>ibase.default_password</literal> &php.ini; directive.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>charset</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>charset</parameter> is the default character set for a
       database.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>buffers</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>buffers</parameter> is the number of database buffers to
       allocate for the server-side cache. If 0 or omitted, server chooses
       its own default.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>dialect</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>dialect</parameter> selects the default SQL dialect for any
       statement executed within a connection, and it defaults to the highest
       one supported by client libraries. Functional only with InterBase 6
       and up.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>role</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Functional only with InterBase 5 and up.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>sync</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an InterBase link identifier on success, or &false; on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ibase_close</function></member>
    <member><function>ibase_connect</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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