1<html> 2<head> 3<title>ADODB Manual</title> 4<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> 5<XSTYLE 6 body,td {font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt} 7 pre {font-size:9pt} 8 .toplink {font-size:8pt} 9 /> 10</head> 11<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 12 13<h3>ADOdb Library for PHP</h3> 14<p>ADOdb is a suite of database libraries that allow you to connect to multiple 15 databases in a portable manner. Download from <a href=http://adodb.sourceforge.net/>http://adodb.sourceforge.net/</a>. 16<ul><li>The ADOdb documentation has moved to <a href=docs-adodb.htm>docs-adodb.htm</a> 17 This allows you to query, update and insert records using a portable API. 18<p><li>The ADOdb data dictionary docs are at <a href=docs-datadict.htm>docs-datadict.htm</a>. 19 This allows you to create database tables and indexes in a portable manner. 20<p><li>The ADOdb database performance monitoring docs are at <a href=docs-perf.htm>docs-perf.htm</a>. 21 This allows you to perform health checks, tune and monitor your database. 22<p><li>The ADOdb database-backed session docs are at <a href=docs-session.htm>docs-session.htm</a>. 23</ul> 24<p> 25<h3>Installation</h3> 26Make sure you are running PHP4.0.4 or later. Unpack all the files into a directory accessible by your webserver. 27<p> 28To test, try modifying some of the tutorial examples. Make sure you customize the connection settings correctly. You can debug using: 29<pre> 30<?php 31include('adodb/adodb.inc.php'); 32 33$db = <b>ADONewConnection</b>($driver); # eg. 'mysql' or 'oci8' 34$db->debug = true; 35$db-><b>Connect</b>($server, $user, $password, $database); 36$rs = $db-><b>Execute</b>('select * from some_small_table'); 37print "<pre>"; 38print_r($rs-><b>GetRows</b>()); 39print "</pre>"; 40?> 41</pre> 42<h3>How are people using ADOdb</h3> 43Here are some examples of how people are using ADOdb: 44<ul> 45 <li> <strong>PhpLens</strong> is a commercial data grid component that allows 46 both cool Web designers and serious unshaved programmers to develop and 47 maintain databases on the Web easily. Developed by the author of ADOdb. 48 </li> 49 <li> <strong>PHAkt</strong>: PHP Extension for DreamWeaver Ultradev allows 50 you to script PHP in the popular Web page editor. Database handling provided 51 by ADOdb. </li> 52 <li> <strong>Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID)</strong>: PHP-based 53 analysis engine to search and process a database of security incidents 54 generated by security-related software such as IDSes and firewalls (e.g. 55 Snort, ipchains). By Roman Danyliw. </li> 56 <li> <strong>PostNuke</strong> is a very popular free content management system 57 and weblog system. It offers full CSS support, HTML 4.01 transitional 58 compliance throughout, an advanced blocks system, and is fully multi-lingual 59 enabled. </li> 60 <li><strong> EasyPublish CMS</strong> is another free content management system 61 for managing information and integrated modules on your internet, intranet- 62 and extranet-sites. From Norway. </li> 63 <li> <strong>NOLA</strong> is a full featured accounting, inventory, and job 64 tracking application. It is licensed under the GPL, and developed by Noguska. 65 </li> 66</ul> 67</body> 68</html> 69