# ovrimos_connect

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5 <= 5.0.5)

ovrimos_connect — Connect to the specified database

### Description

int ovrimos_connect ( string `$host` , string `$dborport` , string `$user` , string `$password` )

Connects to the specified database.

### Parameters

`host`

  A host name or IP address.

`dborport`

  Either a database name, or the port number to connect to.

`user`

  The user name.

`password`

  Password associated with `user` .

### Return Values

Returns a connection identifier (greater than 0) on success, or 0 on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 ovrimos_connect() Example

`<?php
$conn = ovrimos_connect("server.example.com", "8001", "admin", "password");
if ($conn != 0) {
echo "Connection ok!";
$res = ovrimos_exec($conn, "select table_id, table_name from sys.tables");
if ($res != 0) {
echo "Statement ok!";
ovrimos_result_all($res);
ovrimos_free_result($res);
}
ovrimos_close($conn);
}
?>`

### See Also

- ovrimos_close()