Subject Re: [firebird-php] Re: Accessing Firebird Database on other machine with adodb
Author Lester Caine
raja_s_patil wrote:
> Thanks Lester Caine,
>> You probably need a copy of the firebird client in /system32/ I think
>> php_interbase expects to find it there, the copy supplied with PHP is
>> well out of date ... and it needs to be gds32.dll ;)
>> Basically when installing firebird on windows you need to check the box
>> for 'create legacy support' :)
>
> I replaced FB client files (3 files) at all the places like
> Apache bin, PHP bin and system 32 and local as well
> RSP-1710 gdb access went smoothly just now. What I am going
> to find is which one caused the magic just for research purpose
> academic interest thats all.

gds32.dll needs 'replacing' in the php_interbase windows setup, but of
cause that should be an Interbase one. So until we actually cloan a
php_firebird we need to watch out on which client is actually seen.

> Thanks u have proved to be a very valuable resource for us.
> Few years ago when we shifted to C/S technology Phil Shrimpton
> has helped us a lot like u. We still remember him. I think
> he is in Firebird Foundation team.

I switched to c/s a long time ago - we went live just before Interbase
announced the end of life of Interbase ;) After three years of moving TO
Interbase it was a little anoying ... but Firebird has been running our
customer sites for several years now.

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