Interface for PHP to DB2 for z/OS, DB2 for LUW, DB2 for i.
The minimum PHP version supported by driver is PHP 7.3 and the latest version supported is PHP 8.2.
When running on IBM i, PDO_IBM
doesn't link with the Db2 LUW client library,
but instead with libdb400, which provides a PASE wrapper for SQL/CLI. The
differences between SQL/CLI in IBM i and the LUW driver are wrapped for you.
You don't need Db2 Connect on IBM i as a result.
To install, make sure you have the new Yum-based OSS environment. Install PHP, plus any dependencies like so:
yum install sqlcli-devel gcc make-gnu
Tony Cairns' replacement libdb400 is not yet tested, but may be desirable due to its greater debugging features.
IBM i users should read tests/README400.txt
in order to set up prequisites
for unit tests.
CLIDRIVER should be installed in your system. If not installed Download from the below link.
PHP should be installed in your system.
If IBM_DB_HOME
and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
environment variables are not set, then set them with installed CLIDRIVER.
(say CLIDRIVER installed at /home/user/clidriver
)
export IBM_DB_HOME=/home/user/clidriver
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${IBM_DB_HOME}/lib"
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Install this extension:
pecl install pdo_ibm
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Open the
php.ini
file in an editor of your choice. Edit the extension entry in thephp.ini
file in the<local_php_directory>/php/lib
directory to reference the PHP driver:extension=pdo_ibm.so
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Ensure that the PHP driver can access the
libdb2.so
CLI driver file by setting theLD_LIBRARY_PATH
variable for Linux and UNIX operating systems other than the AIX® operating system. For AIX operating system, you must setLIBPATH
variable. -
Optionally, if the PHP application that is connecting to an IBM database server is running in the HTTP server environment, add the
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
variable in thehttpd.conf
file.
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Add the
CLIDRIVER\bin
path to thePATH
environment variable like so (for a batch file):set PATH=<CLIDRIVER installed path>\bin;%PATH%
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Download the DLLs for PHP 7.x and 8.x from the ibmdb repository. Select the build for the PHP that matches the version, architecture, and thread model.
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Open the
php.ini
file in an editor of your choice. Edit the extension entry in thephp.ini
file in the<local_php_directory>\php\lib
directory to reference the driver:extension=php_pdo_ibm
Create a connect.php
script with the following content:
<?php
$dsn = 'ibm:<DSN NAME>';
$user = '<USER>';
$pass = '<PASSWORD>';
$pdo = new \PDO($dsn, $user, $pass);
To run the sample:
php connect.php
The developer sign-off should include the reference to the DCO in defect remarks, like in this example:
DCO 1.1 Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <[email protected]>