# maxdb_options

# maxdb->options

(PECL maxdb:1.0-7.6.00.38)

maxdb->options — Set options

### Description

Procedural style:

bool maxdb_options ( resource `$link` , int `$option` , mixed `$value` )

Object oriented style (method)

maxdb
bool options ( int `$option` , mixed `$value` )

maxdb_options() can be used to set extra connect options and affect behavior for a connection.

This function may be called multiple times to set several options.

maxdb_options() should be called after maxdb_init() and before maxdb_real_connect().

The parameter `option` is the option that you want to set, the `value` is the value for the option. For detailed description of the options see » http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/ The parameter `option` can be one of the following values:

Valid options
Name | Description
--- | ---
`MAXDB_COMPNAME` | The component name used to initialise the SQLDBC runtime environment.
`MAXDB_APPLICATION` | The application to be connected to the database.
`MAXDB_APPVERSION` | The version of the application.
`MAXDB_SQLMODE` | The SQL mode.
`MAXDB_UNICODE` | TRUE, if the connection is an unicode (UCS2) client or FALSE, if not.
`MAXDB_TIMEOUT` | The maximum allowed time of inactivity after which the connection to the database is closed by the system.
`MAXDB_ISOLATIONLEVEL` | Specifies whether and how shared locks and exclusive locks are implicitly requested or released.
`MAXDB_PACKETCOUNT` | The number of different request packets used for the connection.
`MAXDB_STATEMENTCACHESIZE` | The number of prepared statements to be cached for the connection for re-use.
`MAXDB_CURSORPREFIX` | The prefix to use for result tables that are automatically named.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

See maxdb_real_connect().

### See Also

- maxdb_init()
- maxdb_real_connect()