--- In firebird-php@yahoogroups.com, Milan Babuskov <milanb@...> wrote:

>
> jeff_j_dunlap wrote:
> > Thanks, very interesting. Is ibase_pconnect available for both read
> > and write transactions?
>
> Yes. ibase_pconnect gives you a database connection (attachment) and

you

> can start any kind of transaction on it.
>
> > Also, is ibase_pconnect a container (like an array) of open
> > connections that stay open waiting to serve requests?
>
> Only internally. From PHP code you just call it with full parameter

list:

>
> $link = ibase_pconnect('db_path', 'user', 'pass', 'charset'...);
>
> If there is no connection to that database for that user and password
> and charset (and role), PHP will start a new one. If there is already
> one connection like that in the pool it would reuse it.
>
> > I'm interested in learning more so that I can create a class for use
> > with the IBPP libray.
>
> Make sure you serialize all the calls if you use multiple threads on

the

> web server.
>
> Although all this seems nice, I have abandoned pconnect in PHP because
> it seemed unstable (this way few years ago, so maybe it is fixed now)
> and local connections with Firebird 2 are really fast.
>
> --
> Milan Babuskov
> http://www.flamerobin.org
> http://www.guacosoft.com
>

Milan,

Thanks for the info.

Best regards,

Jeff