fbsql_connect

Open a connection to a FrontBase Server

&reftitle.description; `resource` `fbsql_connect` `string` `hostname` ini_get("fbsql.default_host") `string` `username` ini_get("fbsql.default_user") `string` `password` ini_get("fbsql.default_password")

`fbsql_connect` establishes a connection to a FrontBase server.

If a second call is made to `fbsql_connect` with the same arguments, no new link will be established, but instead, the link identifier of the already opened link will be returned.

The link to the server will be closed as soon as the execution of the script ends, unless it's closed earlier by explicitly calling `fbsql_close`.

&reftitle.parameters;

`hostname`

- The server host name.

`username`

- The user name for the connection.

`password`

- The password for the connection.

&reftitle.returnvalues;

Returns a positive FrontBase link identifier on success, or &false; on errors.

&reftitle.examples;

### `fbsql_connect` example

    <?php

    $link = fbsql_connect("localhost", "_SYSTEM", "secret")
        or die("Could not connect");
    echo "Connected successfully";
    fbsql_close($link);

    ?>

&reftitle.seealso;

- `fbsql_pconnect`
- `fbsql_close`