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HowTo: Install Firebird/Interbase with PHP on Windows. A step-by-step tutorial.(http://www.alberton.info/firebird_php_windows.html)

PHP, PEAR, Database, Firebird SQL, Windows 30 March 2006 15:12 8 comments

This simple tutorial assumes you already have a working PHP installation. There's plenty of guides on how to set up PHP, here I'm only showinghow to make it interact with Firebird.

(http://pear.php.net/) (http://www.php.net/) (http://www.firebirdsql.org/)

Requirements

PHP (http://www.php.net/)Firebird SQL (http://www.firebirdsql.org/)

Install Firebird SQL

Download the zip archive: Firebird SQL 2.0.0 (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/firebird/Firebird-2.0.0.12748-0_win32.zip)Extract the archive to C:\firebird (for instance)Open a command prompt window (START, Run, "cmd")Run these commands, one by one:C:\firebird\bin\instreg iC:\firebird\bin\instsvc i -s -aC:\firebird\bin\instsvc start

Configure PHP

Copy C:\firebird\bin\fbclient.dll to your C:\windows\system32 directory and rename the file togds32.dllCopy php_interbase.dll from your php\ext directory to the C:\windows\system32 directory.Copy libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll from your php directory to the C:\windows\system32 directory.Edit your php.ini, un-comment the lineextension=php_interbase.dll(you have to remove the semicolon from that line).Restart your webserver (Apache).

Install some Firebird SQL Tools

You can manage your databases with some tools:

EMS SQL Manager for InterBase/Firebird (http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/ibfb/manager/download) : the free version is more thanenough for a start.FlameRobin (http://www.flamerobin.org/) : another GUI tool, open source.ibWebAdmin (http://www.ibwebadmin.net/) : web frontend for the Firebird and InterBase database servers, written in PHP.

NB: the default admin username:password pair for Firebird is SYSDBA:masterkey.

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8 responses to "HowTo: Install Firebird/Interbase with PHP on Windows. A step-by-step tutorial."

moncler jackets, 02 November 2010 07:55

* web frontend for the Firebird and InterBase database servers, written in PHP. NB: the default admin username:password pair for Firebird is SYSDBA:masterkey.

Denis, 28 December 2010 09:32

Thank you! Your article helped me to quickly set up php and firebird

Par mums, 03 January 2011 20:08

Thanks, it was helpful!

wordpress premium themes, 15 May 2011 16:09

Your article helped me to quickly set up php and firebird

reisen malta, 24 May 2011 23:58

Nice this helped me with my Windows System

Patty, 31 May 2011 10:15

Thanks a LOT............................

obeng, 16 August 2011 18:07

Thanks,

Muhammad Nadat, 05 September 2011 12:08

im trying to create a php application to connect to interbase but im using a 64bit system, iv followed your tutorial but i still cant get it to work i getthe following error Fatal error: Call to undefined function ibase_connect() in C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\phase\\includes\\config.php on line 11 anotherthing is where do i get the php_interbase.dll because i cant find it in my php/ext folder !!

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