PDO::__construct

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PDO::__construct --  Creates a PDO instance representing a connection to a database

Description

PDO PDO::__construct ( string dsn [, string username [, string password [, array driver_options]]] )

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

Creates a PDO instance to represent a connection to the requested database.

Parameters

dsn

The Data Source Name, or DSN, contains the information required to connect to the database.

In general, a DSN consists of the PDO driver name, followed by a colon, followed by the PDO driver-specific connection syntax. Examples of each driver are given below:

PDO_DBLIB

The DSN prefix is either sybase: or mssql: depending on which libraries it was linked against during compilation.

sybase:host=localhost; dbname=testdb

mssql:host=localhost; dbname=testdb

PDO_FIREBIRD

firebird:User=john;Password=mypass;Database=DATABASE.GDE;DataSource=localhost;Port=3050

PDO_MYSQL

mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb

PDO_OCI

To connect via tnsnames.ora, use:

oci:mydb

If using instantclient, use:

oci:dbname=//localhost:1521/testdb

PDO_ODBC

odbc:DSN=SAMPLE;UID=john;PWD=mypass

DSN=SAMPLE refers to the SAMPLE data source configured in the ODBC driver manager.

PDO_PGSQL

pgsql:host=localhost port=5432 dbname=testdb user=john password=mypass

Note, by passing user and password in the DSN, the username and password parameters become optional. If specified, they are glued to the end of the connection string.

PDO_SQLITE

sqlite:/path/to/database

To create a database in memory, use:

sqlite::memory:

The dsn parameter supports three different methods of specifying the arguments required to create a database connection:

Driver invocation

dsn contains the full DSN.

URI invocation

dsn consists of uri: followed by a URI that defines the location of a file containing the DSN string. The URI can specify a local file or a remote URL.

uri:file:///path/to/dsnfile

Aliasing

dsn consists of a name name that maps to pdo.dsn.name in php.ini defining the DSN string.

Note: The alias must be defined in php.ini, and not .htaccess or httpd.conf

username

The user name for the DSN string. This parameter is optional for some PDO drivers.

password

The password for the DSN string. This parameter is optional for some PDO drivers.

driver_options

A key=>value array of driver-specific connection options.

Return Values

Returns a PDO object on success.

Exceptions

PDO::construct() throws a PDOException if the attempt to connect to the requested database fails.

Examples

Example 1. Create a PDO instance via driver invocation

<?php
// Connect to an ODBC database using driver invocation
$dsn = 'mysql:dbname=testdb;host=127.0.0.1';
$user = 'dbuser';
$password = 'dbpass';

try {
    
$dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo
'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

?>

Example 2. Create a PDO instance via URI invocation

The following example assumes that the file /usr/local/dbconnect exists with file permissions that enable PHP to read the file. The file contains the PDO DSN to connect to a DB2 database through the PDO_ODBC driver:

odbc:DSN=SAMPLE;UID=john;PWD=mypass

The PHP script can then create a database connection by simply passing the uri: parameter and pointing to the file URI:

<?php
// Connect to an ODBC database using driver invocation
$dsn = 'uri:file:///usr/local/dbconnect';
$user = '';
$password = '';

try {
    
$dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo
'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

?>

Example 3. Create a PDO instance using an alias

The following example assumes that php.ini contains the following entry to enable a connection to a MySQL database using only the alias mydb:
[PDO]
pdo.dsn.mydb="mysql:dbname=testdb;host=localhost"

<?php
// Connect to an ODBC database using an alias
$dsn = 'mydb';
$user = '';
$password = '';

try {
    
$dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo
'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

?>