# odbc_execute

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

odbc_execute — Execute a prepared statement

### Description

bool odbc_execute ( resource `$result_id` [, array `$parameters_array` ] )

Executes a statement prepared with odbc_prepare().Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure. The array `parameters_array` only needs to be given if you really have parameters in your statement.

Parameters in `parameter_array` will be substituted for placeholders in the prepared statement in order. Elements of this array will be converted to strings by calling this function.

Any parameters in `parameter_array` which start and end with single quotes will be taken as the name of a file to read and send to the database server as the data for the appropriate placeholder.

> Note: As of PHP 4.1.1, this file reading functionality has the following restrictions:

> - File reading is not subject to any safe mode or open-basedir restrictions. This is fixed in PHP 4.2.0.
> - Remote files are not supported.
> - If you wish to store a string which actually begins and ends with single quotes, you must add a space or other non-single-quote character to the beginning or end of the parameter, which will prevent the parameter from being taken as a file name. If this is not an option, then you must use another mechanism to store the string, such as executing the query directly with odbc_exec()).