PHP7 - Connect to sybase database

Question

http://php.net/manual/en/function.sybase-connect.php is removed as from PHP7.

So now I am gettings this error:

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function sybase_connect()

How am I supposed to connect to sybase now with PHP7?

Answer 1

You are using Ubuntu 16.04, so after installation of php7.0-sybase package in your system, you are able to connect with Sybase database using pdo_dblib

Example #1 PDO_DBLIB DSN examples

sybase:host=localhost;dbname=testdb

Following general PDO reference, you create connection like this

$databaseHandler = new PDO('sybase:host=localhost;dbname=testdb', $user, $pass);