Configuration

The various “fetch” methods of the SQL connector take the same parameters:

Parameter	Data type	Description
driver	string	Name of the database system to connect to, taken from the list of available drivers. For ADODB, see http://phplens.com/adodb/supported.databases.html For Doctrine DBAL, see http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-dbal/en/latest/reference/configuration.html#driver
server	string	Address of the server to connect to.
user	string	User name to use to connect to the database.
password	string	Password to use for the given user.
database	string	Name of the database to connect to.
uri	string	Connection information in URI-like syntax. Used only with Doctrine DBAL. Reference: http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-dbal/en/latest/reference/configuration.html#connecting-using-a-url Example: pdo-mysql://localhost:4486/foo?charset=UTF-8
query	string	The actual query to execute.
init	string	SQL queries to be sent before the actual query (defined in parameter query) is executed. This is typically used to temporarily change the encoding. Example: SET NAMES 'UTF8';
fetchMode	string	(available since version 1.1.0) Used to choose the fetch mode, which influences the type of array returned by the recordset (numerical, associative or both) For ADODB, use numerical values. Reference: http://phplens.com/lens/adodb/docs-adodb.htm#adodb_fetch_mode For Doctrine DBAL, use the name of the constants from the PDO drivers. Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/pdostatement.fetch.php

Connection methods

The connections are established by the classes found in Classes\Database. The ADODB library is a bit tricky to use, as not all connections are made the same way, using the same parameters. Thus you may find that some connections don’t work.

In that regard, Doctrine DBAL is far better structured and should connect seamlessly with all officially supported DBMS.

If you encounter problems connecting to some database system, please report an issue in the dedicated bug tracker indicating as clearly as possible what connection syntax you would need (for ADODB).