Question

How can we connect a PHP script to MS Access (.mdb) file?

I tried by including following PHP code:

$db_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '\WebUpdate\\' . $file_name . '.mdb'; $cfg_dsn = 'Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=' . $db_path; $odbcconnect = odbc_connect($cfg_dsn, '', ''); 

But it failed and I received following error message:

 Warning: odbc_connect() [function.odbc-connect]: SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in C:\web\WebUpdate\index.php on line 41 

Answer 1

Here’s a sample for a connect and a simple select…

<?php $db_conn = new COM('ADODB.Connection'); $connstr = 'DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ='. realpath('./Northwind.mdb').';'; $db_conn->open($connstr); $rS = $db_conn->execute('SELECT * FROM Employees'); $f1 =  $rS->Fields(0); $f2 =  $rS->Fields(1); while (!$rS->EOF) {     print $f1->value.' '.$f2->value.'<br />\n';     $rS->MoveNext(); } $rS->Close(); $db_conn->Close(); ?>