ingres_set_environment

Set environment features controlling output options

Description

bool ingres_set_environment ( resource $link , array $options )

ingres_set_environment is called to set environmental options that affect the output of certain values from Ingres, such as the timezone, date format, decimal character separator, and float precision.

Parameters

link

The connection link identifier

options

An enumerated array of option name/value pairs. The following table lists the option name and the expected type

Option name Option type Description Example
date_century_boundary integer The threshold by which a 2-digit year is determined to be in the current century or in the next century. Equivalent to II_DATE_CENTURY_BOUNDARY 50
timezone string Controls the timezone of the session. If not set, it will default the value defined by II_TIMEZONE_NAME. If II_TIMEZONE_NAME is not defined, NA-PACIFIC (GMT-8 with Daylight Savings) is used. UNITED-KINGDOM
date_format integer

Sets the allowable input and output format for Ingres dates. Defaults to the value defined by II_DATE_FORMAT. If II_DATE_FORMAT is not set, the default date format is US, for example mm/dd/yy. Valid values for date_format are:

  • INGRES_DATE_DMY
  • INGRES_DATE_FINISH
  • INGRES_DATE_GERMAN
  • INGRES_DATE_ISO
  • INGRES_DATE_ISO4
  • INGRES_DATE_MDY
  • INGRES_DATE_MULTINATIONAL
  • INGRES_DATE_MULTINATIONAL4
  • INGRES_DATE_YMD
  • INGRES_DATE_US

INGRES_DATE_ISO4
decimal_separator string The character identifier for decimal data ","
money_lort integer

Leading or trailing currency sign. Valid values for money_lort are:

  • INGRES_MONEY_LEADING
  • INGRES_MONEY_TRAILING

INGRES_MONEY_LEADING
money_sign string The currency symbol to be used with the MONEY datatype
money_precision integer The precision of the MONEY datatype 2
float4_precision integer Precision of the FLOAT4 datatype 10
float8_precision integer Precision of the FLOAT8 data 10
blob_segment_length integer The amount of data in bytes to fetch at a time when retrieving BLOB or CLOB data. Defaults to 4096 bytes when not set explicitly 8192

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Set date_format to ISO4

<?php
$options 
= array( "date_format" => INGRES_DATE_ISO4 );

if (
ingres_set_environment($link$options))
{
    
$result=ingres_query($link,"select date('now') as date");

    while ( 
$object ingres_fetch_object ($result) ) {
        echo 
$object->date."\n";
    }
}
?>

Example #2 Set timezone to HONG-KONG

<?php

$options 
= array( "timezone" => "HONG-KONG");

if (
ingres_set_environment($link$options))
{
    
$result=ingres_query($link,"select date('now') as date");

    while ( 
$object ingres_fetch_object ($result) ) {
        echo 
$object->date."\n";
    }
}
?>

See Also

  • ingres_connect
  • ingres_query