How to Query IBM i Data with PHP and PDO_ODBC

Of the PHP extensions that can connect to IBM i Db2, we recommend PDO_ODBC whenever possible. Although the classic extensions (ibm_db2, PDO_IBM) and older ODBC continue to work, we prefer PDO_ODBC for several reasons: PDO_ODBC supports many databases and PHP frameworks PDO’s fetchAll() can retrieve all rows at once, to fetch small recordsets quickly Seiden CommunityPlus+ PHP supports using PDO_ODBC and the classic Db2 extensions together The PHP Toolkit can connect over PDO_ODBC Supports stored procedure output parameters better than other extensions Example script using PDO_ODBC to query the sample QCUSTCDT table We included try/catch blocks to demonstrate good error...

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