Runtime Configuration
The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.
| Name | Default | Changeable | Changelog | 
|---|---|---|---|
| ibase.allow_persistent | "1" | PHP_INI_SYSTEM | |
| ibase.max_persistent | "-1" | PHP_INI_SYSTEM | |
| ibase.max_links | "-1" | PHP_INI_SYSTEM | |
| ibase.default_db | NULL | PHP_INI_SYSTEM | Available since PHP 5.0.0. | 
| ibase.default_user | NULL | PHP_INI_ALL | |
| ibase.default_password | NULL | PHP_INI_ALL | |
| ibase.default_charset | NULL | PHP_INI_ALL | Available since PHP 5.0.0. | 
| ibase.timestampformat | "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" | PHP_INI_ALL | |
| ibase.dateformat | "%Y-%m-%d" | PHP_INI_ALL | |
| ibase.timeformat | "%H:%M:%S" | PHP_INI_ALL | 
Here's a short explanation of the configuration directives.
- ibase.allow_persistent boolean
- 
    Whether to allow persistent connections to Firebird/InterBase. 
- ibase.max_persistent integer
- 
    The maximum number of persistent Firebird/InterBase connections per process. New connections created with ibase_pconnect() will be non-persistent if this number would be exceeded. 
- ibase.max_links integer
- 
    The maximum number of Firebird/InterBase connections per process, including persistent connections. 
- ibase.default_db string
- 
    The default database to connect to when ibase_[p]connect() is called without specifying a database name. If this value is set and SQL safe mode is enabled, no other connections than to this database will be allowed. 
- ibase.default_user string
- 
    The user name to use when connecting to a database if no user name is specified. 
- ibase.default_password string
- 
    The password to use when connecting to a database if no password is specified. 
- ibase.default_charset string
- 
    The character set to use when connecting to a database if no character set is specified. 
- ibase.timestampformat string
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- ibase.dateformat string
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- ibase.timeformat string
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    These directives are used to set the date and time formats that are used when returning dates and times from a result set, or when binding arguments to date and time parameters.