# yaz_syntax

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PECL yaz:0.9-1.0.9)

yaz_syntax — Specifies the preferred record syntax for retrieval

### Description

void yaz_syntax ( resource `$id` , string `$syntax` )

yaz_syntax() specifies the preferred record syntax for retrieval

This function should be called before yaz_search() or yaz_present().

### Parameters

`id`

  The connection resource returned by yaz_connect().

`syntax`

  The syntax must be specified as an OID (Object Identifier) in a raw dot-notation (like 1.2.840.10003.5.10) or as one of the known registered record syntaxes (sutrs, usmarc, grs1, xml, etc.).

### Return Values

No value is returned.