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<div id="book.ibase" class="book">
 
 <h1 class="title">Firebird/InterBase</h1>

 
 <div id="intro.ibase" class="preface">
  <h1 class="title">Introduction</h1>
  <div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
   <p class="simpara">
    This extension is considered unmaintained and dead. However, the source code for
this extension is still available within <abbr title="PHP Extension and Application Repository">PECL</abbr>
<abbr>GIT</abbr> here: 
    <a href="https://github.com/php/pecl-database-interbase" class="link external">&raquo;&nbsp;https://github.com/php/pecl-database-interbase</a>.
   </p>
  </div>
  <p class="simpara">
   Firebird is a relational database offering many ISO SQL-2003 features
   that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird
   offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language
   support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production
   systems, under a variety of names since 1981.
  </p>
  <p class="simpara">
   InterBase is the name of the closed-source variant of this RDBMS that
   was developed by Embarcadero/Inprise. More information about InterBase is
   available at <a href="http://www.embarcadero.com/products/interbase" class="link external">&raquo;&nbsp;http://www.embarcadero.com/products/interbase</a>.
  </p>
  <p class="simpara">
   Firebird is a commercially independent project (fundation) of C++ programmers,
   technical advisors and supporters developing and enhancing a multi-platform
   relational database management system based on the source code released by
   Inprise Corp (now known as Embarcadero) under the InterBase
   Public License v.1.0 on 25 July, 2000. More information about Firebird is
   available at <a href="http://www.firebirdsql.org/" class="link external">&raquo;&nbsp;http://www.firebirdsql.org/</a>.
  </p>
  <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: 
   <span class="simpara">
    This extension has been moved to the <a href="https://pecl.php.net/" class="link external">&raquo;&nbsp;PECL</a>
repository and is no longer bundled with PHP as of PHP 7.4.0
   </span>
   <span class="simpara">
    This extension supports InterBase versions 6 and up and Firebird version 2.0 and up.
   </span>
  </p></blockquote>
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<ul class="chunklist chunklist_book"><li><a href="ibase.setup.php">Installing/Configuring</a><ul class="chunklist chunklist_book chunklist_children"><li><a href="ibase.installation.php">Installation</a></li><li><a href="ibase.configuration.php">Runtime Configuration</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ibase.constants.php">Predefined Constants</a></li><li><a href="ref.ibase.php">Firebird/InterBase Functions</a><ul class="chunklist chunklist_book chunklist_children"><li><a href="function.fbird-add-user.php">fbird_add_user</a> — Alias of ibase_add_user</li><li><a href="function.fbird-affected-rows.php">fbird_affected_rows</a> — Alias of ibase_affected_rows</li><li><a href="function.fbird-backup.php">fbird_backup</a> — Alias of ibase_backup</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-add.php">fbird_blob_add</a> — Alias of ibase_blob_add</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-cancel.php">fbird_blob_cancel</a> — Cancel creating blob</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-close.php">fbird_blob_close</a> — Alias of ibase_blob_close</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-create.php">fbird_blob_create</a> — Alias of ibase_blob_create</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-echo.php">fbird_blob_echo</a> — Alias of ibase_blob_echo</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-get.php">fbird_blob_get</a> — Alias of ibase_blob_get</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-import.php">fbird_blob_import</a> — Alias of ibase_blob_import</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-info.php">fbird_blob_info</a> — Alias of ibase_blob_info</li><li><a href="function.fbird-blob-open.php">fbird_blob_open</a> — Alias of ibase_blob_open</li><li><a href="function.fbird-close.php">fbird_close</a> — Alias of ibase_close</li><li><a href="function.fbird-commit.php">fbird_commit</a> — Alias of ibase_commit</li><li><a href="function.fbird-commit-ret.php">fbird_commit_ret</a> — Alias of ibase_commit_ret</li><li><a href="function.fbird-connect.php">fbird_connect</a> — Alias of ibase_connect</li><li><a href="function.fbird-db-info.php">fbird_db_info</a> — Alias of ibase_db_info</li><li><a href="function.fbird-delete-user.php">fbird_delete_user</a> — Alias of ibase_delete_user</li><li><a href="function.fbird-drop-db.php">fbird_drop_db</a> — Alias of ibase_drop_db</li><li><a href="function.fbird-errcode.php">fbird_errcode</a> — Alias of ibase_errcode</li><li><a href="function.fbird-errmsg.php">fbird_errmsg</a> — Alias of ibase_errmsg</li><li><a href="function.fbird-execute.php">fbird_execute</a> — Alias of ibase_execute</li><li><a href="function.fbird-fetch-assoc.php">fbird_fetch_assoc</a> — Alias of ibase_fetch_assoc</li><li><a href="function.fbird-fetch-object.php">fbird_fetch_object</a> — Alias of ibase_fetch_object</li><li><a href="function.fbird-fetch-row.php">fbird_fetch_row</a> — Alias of ibase_fetch_row</li><li><a href="function.fbird-field-info.php">fbird_field_info</a> — Alias of ibase_field_info</li><li><a href="function.fbird-free-event-handler.php">fbird_free_event_handler</a> — Alias of ibase_free_event_handler</li><li><a href="function.fbird-free-query.php">fbird_free_query</a> — Alias of ibase_free_query</li><li><a href="function.fbird-free-result.php">fbird_free_result</a> — Alias of ibase_free_result</li><li><a href="function.fbird-gen-id.php">fbird_gen_id</a> — Alias of ibase_gen_id</li><li><a href="function.fbird-maintain-db.php">fbird_maintain_db</a> — Alias of ibase_maintain_db</li><li><a href="function.fbird-modify-user.php">fbird_modify_user</a> — Alias of ibase_modify_user</li><li><a href="function.fbird-name-result.php">fbird_name_result</a> — Alias of ibase_name_result</li><li><a href="function.fbird-num-fields.php">fbird_num_fields</a> — Alias of ibase_num_fields</li><li><a href="function.fbird-num-params.php">fbird_num_params</a> — Alias of ibase_num_params</li><li><a href="function.fbird-param-info.php">fbird_param_info</a> — Alias of ibase_param_info</li><li><a href="function.fbird-pconnect.php">fbird_pconnect</a> — Alias of ibase_pconnect</li><li><a href="function.fbird-prepare.php">fbird_prepare</a> — Alias of ibase_prepare</li><li><a href="function.fbird-query.php">fbird_query</a> — Alias of ibase_query</li><li><a href="function.fbird-restore.php">fbird_restore</a> — Alias of ibase_restore</li><li><a href="function.fbird-rollback.php">fbird_rollback</a> — Alias of ibase_rollback</li><li><a href="function.fbird-rollback-ret.php">fbird_rollback_ret</a> — Alias of ibase_rollback_ret</li><li><a href="function.fbird-server-info.php">fbird_server_info</a> — Alias of ibase_server_info</li><li><a href="function.fbird-service-attach.php">fbird_service_attach</a> — Alias of ibase_service_attach</li><li><a href="function.fbird-service-detach.php">fbird_service_detach</a> — Alias of ibase_service_detach</li><li><a href="function.fbird-set-event-handler.php">fbird_set_event_handler</a> — Alias of ibase_set_event_handler</li><li><a href="function.fbird-trans.php">fbird_trans</a> — Alias of ibase_trans</li><li><a href="function.fbird-wait-event.php">fbird_wait_event</a> — Alias of ibase_wait_event</li><li><a href="function.ibase-add-user.php">ibase_add_user</a> — Add a user to a security database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-affected-rows.php">ibase_affected_rows</a> — Return the number of rows that were affected by the previous query</li><li><a href="function.ibase-backup.php">ibase_backup</a> — Initiates a backup task in the service manager and returns immediately</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-add.php">ibase_blob_add</a> — Add data into a newly created blob</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-cancel.php">ibase_blob_cancel</a> — Cancel creating blob</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-close.php">ibase_blob_close</a> — Close blob</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-create.php">ibase_blob_create</a> — Create a new blob for adding data</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-echo.php">ibase_blob_echo</a> — Output blob contents to browser</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-get.php">ibase_blob_get</a> — Get len bytes data from open blob</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-import.php">ibase_blob_import</a> — Create blob, copy file in it, and close it</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-info.php">ibase_blob_info</a> — Return blob length and other useful info</li><li><a href="function.ibase-blob-open.php">ibase_blob_open</a> — Open blob for retrieving data parts</li><li><a href="function.ibase-close.php">ibase_close</a> — Close a connection to an InterBase database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-commit.php">ibase_commit</a> — Commit a transaction</li><li><a href="function.ibase-commit-ret.php">ibase_commit_ret</a> — Commit a transaction without closing it</li><li><a href="function.ibase-connect.php">ibase_connect</a> — Open a connection to a database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-db-info.php">ibase_db_info</a> — Request statistics about a database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-delete-user.php">ibase_delete_user</a> — Delete a user from a security database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-drop-db.php">ibase_drop_db</a> — Drops a database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-errcode.php">ibase_errcode</a> — Return an error code</li><li><a href="function.ibase-errmsg.php">ibase_errmsg</a> — Return error messages</li><li><a href="function.ibase-execute.php">ibase_execute</a> — Execute a previously prepared query</li><li><a href="function.ibase-fetch-assoc.php">ibase_fetch_assoc</a> — Fetch a result row from a query as an associative array</li><li><a href="function.ibase-fetch-object.php">ibase_fetch_object</a> — Get an object from a InterBase database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-fetch-row.php">ibase_fetch_row</a> — Fetch a row from an InterBase database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-field-info.php">ibase_field_info</a> — Get information about a field</li><li><a href="function.ibase-free-event-handler.php">ibase_free_event_handler</a> — Cancels a registered event handler</li><li><a href="function.ibase-free-query.php">ibase_free_query</a> — Free memory allocated by a prepared query</li><li><a href="function.ibase-free-result.php">ibase_free_result</a> — Free a result set</li><li><a href="function.ibase-gen-id.php">ibase_gen_id</a> — Increments the named generator and returns its new value</li><li><a href="function.ibase-maintain-db.php">ibase_maintain_db</a> — Execute a maintenance command on the database server</li><li><a href="function.ibase-modify-user.php">ibase_modify_user</a> — Modify a user to a security database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-name-result.php">ibase_name_result</a> — Assigns a name to a result set</li><li><a href="function.ibase-num-fields.php">ibase_num_fields</a> — Get the number of fields in a result set</li><li><a href="function.ibase-num-params.php">ibase_num_params</a> — Return the number of parameters in a prepared query</li><li><a href="function.ibase-param-info.php">ibase_param_info</a> — Return information about a parameter in a prepared query</li><li><a href="function.ibase-pconnect.php">ibase_pconnect</a> — Open a persistent connection to an InterBase database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-prepare.php">ibase_prepare</a> — Prepare a query for later binding of parameter placeholders and execution</li><li><a href="function.ibase-query.php">ibase_query</a> — Execute a query on an InterBase database</li><li><a href="function.ibase-restore.php">ibase_restore</a> — Initiates a restore task in the service manager and returns immediately</li><li><a href="function.ibase-rollback.php">ibase_rollback</a> — Roll back a transaction</li><li><a href="function.ibase-rollback-ret.php">ibase_rollback_ret</a> — Roll back a transaction without closing it</li><li><a href="function.ibase-server-info.php">ibase_server_info</a> — Request information about a database server</li><li><a href="function.ibase-service-attach.php">ibase_service_attach</a> — Connect to the service manager</li><li><a href="function.ibase-service-detach.php">ibase_service_detach</a> — Disconnect from the service manager</li><li><a href="function.ibase-set-event-handler.php">ibase_set_event_handler</a> — Register a callback function to be called when events are posted</li><li><a href="function.ibase-trans.php">ibase_trans</a> — Begin a transaction</li><li><a href="function.ibase-wait-event.php">ibase_wait_event</a> — Wait for an event to be posted by the database</li></ul></li></ul></div><?php manual_footer($setup); ?>