A step-by-step tutorial to install Firebird SQL on Windows and enabling its usage in PHP.
This simple tutorial assumes you already have a working PHP installation.
There's plenty of guides on how to set up PHP, here I'm only showing how to make it interact with Firebird.

C:\firebird (for instance)C:\firebird\bin\instreg iC:\firebird\bin\instsvc i -s -aC:\firebird\bin\instsvc start
C:\firebird\bin\fbclient.dll
to your C:\windows\system32 directory and rename the file to gds32.dll
php_interbase.dll
from your php\ext directory to the C:\windows\system32 directory.
libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll
from your php directory to the C:\windows\system32 directory.
php.ini, un-comment the lineextension=php_interbase.dllYou can manage your databases with some tools:
NB: the default admin username:password pair for Firebird is SYSDBA:masterkey.
Lorenzo
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