Informix
Informix is a relational database management system developed by IBM.
There are different technologies you can use to access Informix from web applications developed with HTML5 Builder:
- The Database component, documented below. Requirements: PHP PDO extension.
- PHP functions, documented here. Requirements: PHP extension.
Contents
Installation
PHP PDO Extension
- Download the extension's source code from here, and build it.
- Install the built php_pdo_informix.dll file into PHP’s extensions directory.
- For HTML5 Builder’s internal server, the directory is located at php\ext, inside the installation directory.
- Enable the extension by adding the following line to PHP’s configuration file (php.ini):
extension=php_pdo_informix.dll
- For HTML5 Builder’s internal server, apply the changes to the php.ini.template file.
PHP Extension
- Download the extension from here.
- Install the php_ifx.dll file into PHP’s extensions directory.
- For HTML5 Builder’s internal server, the directory is located at php\ext, inside the installation directory.
- Enable the extension by adding the following line to PHP’s configuration file (php.ini):
extension=php_ifx.dll
- For HTML5 Builder’s internal server, apply the changes to the php.ini.template file.
Configuration
Tip: You can use the Data Explorer to configure your Informix connections the RAD way.
To use a Database component with Informix, configure it with the following property values:
- DriverName: informix.
Then fill the rest of the mandatory properties as required.