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Bug #49730 Firebird - new PDO() returns NULL
Submitted: 2009-10-01 06:22 UTC Modified: 2010-06-21 23:38 UTC
From: marcink86 at interia dot eu Assigned: felipe (profile)
Status: Closed Package: PDO related
PHP Version: 5.2 only OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-10-01 06:22 UTC] marcink86 at interia dot eu 
Description:
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I created a file test.php:

<?php
  $pdo = new PDO("firebird:host=localhost;dbname=TESTDB", "sysdba", "masterkey");
  var_dump($pdo);
?>

Note that there exists an alias TESTDB to *FDB file in Firebird configuration.

When I 'run' this file in a web browser i get:
object(PDO)#1 (0) { } 
which I think is correct since after var_dump($pdo) I can retrieve records from this database without any problem.

However, in command line ("php test.php" in cmd) var_dump($pdo) returns NULL. Is it correct?
It causes many problems espacially in a Symfony framework (>=1.2) where you build sql files and execute them through command line.

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 [2009-10-01 11:03 UTC] sjoerd@php.net 
See also Bug #49320 PDO returns null when SQLite connection fails
 [2009-10-01 11:10 UTC] marcink86 at interia dot eu 
Note that in my case DSN is correct and NULL should not be returned in CLI.
 [2009-10-02 20:01 UTC] marcink86 at interia dot eu 
Anyone to comfirm? Is it going to be fixed?
 [2010-02-04 18:14 UTC] nicolas dot rod at gmail dot com 
The DSN in the test.php above is incorrect:

<?php
  $pdo = new PDO("firebird:host=localhost;dbname=TESTDB", "sysdba",
"masterkey");
  var_dump($pdo);
?>

it should be:

<?php
  $pdo = new PDO("firebird:dbname=localhost:TESTDB", "sysdba",
"masterkey");
  var_dump($pdo);
?>
 [2010-02-04 18:20 UTC] nicolas dot rod at gmail dot com 
I forgot to mention that sometimes in Windows you have to modify file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\services.
You need to add the following line in order to connect to the GDS services:

gds        3050/tcp            #Firebird Database port number

And that's it.
It took me 2 hours to read the error message and realize what the problem was.
 [2010-06-21 23:33 UTC] felipe@php.net
-Operating System: Windows Vista +Operating System: * -PHP Version: 5.2.11 +PHP Version: 5.2 only
 [2010-06-21 23:33 UTC] felipe@php.net 
I can reproduce it. 5_2 only.
 [2010-06-21 23:38 UTC] felipe@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of felipe
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=300637
Log: - Fixed bug #49730 (Firebird - new PDO() returns NULL)
 [2010-06-21 23:38 UTC] felipe@php.net
-Summary: Firebird - new PDO() returns NULL in CLI +Summary: Firebird - new PDO() returns NULL -Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: felipe
 [2010-06-21 23:38 UTC] felipe@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in SVN.

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