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HowTo: Install Firebird/Interbase with PHP on Windows. A step-by-step tutorial.

PHP, PEAR, Database, Firebird SQL, Windows   ·   30 March 2006 15:12   ·   9 comments

Abstract: 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.

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Requirements

Install Firebird SQL

  • Download the zip archive: Firebird SQL 2.0.0
  • Extract the archive to C:\firebird (for instance)
  • Open a command prompt window (START, Run, "cmd")
  • Run these commands, one by one:
    C:\firebird\bin\instreg i
    C:\firebird\bin\instsvc i -s -a
    C:\firebird\bin\instsvc start

Configure PHP

  • Copy C:\firebird\bin\fbclient.dll to your C:\windows\system32 directory and rename the file to gds32.dll
  • Copy php_interbase.dll from your php\ext directory to the C:\windows\system32 directory.
  • Copy libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll from your php directory to the C:\windows\system32 directory.
  • Edit your php.ini, un-comment the line
    extension=php_interbase.dll
    (you have to remove the semicolon from that line).
  • Restart your webserver (Apache).

Install some Firebird SQL Tools

You can manage your databases with some tools:

NB: the default admin username:password pair for Firebird is SYSDBA:masterkey.

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9 responses to "HowTo: Install Firebird/Interbase with PHP on Windows. A step-by-step tutorial."

moncler jackets, 02 November 2010 07:55

* web frontend for the Firebird and InterBase database servers, written in PHP.
NB: the default admin username:password pair for Firebird is SYSDBA:masterkey.

Denis, 28 December 2010 09:32

Thank you! Your article helped me to quickly set up php and firebird

Par mums, 03 January 2011 20:08

Thanks, it was helpful!

wordpress premium themes, 15 May 2011 16:09

Your article helped me to quickly set up php and firebird

reisen malta, 24 May 2011 23:58

Nice this helped me with my Windows System

Patty, 31 May 2011 10:15

Thanks a LOT............................

obeng, 16 August 2011 18:07

Thanks,

Muhammad Nadat, 05 September 2011 12:08

im trying to create a php application to connect to interbase but im using a 64bit system, iv followed your tutorial but i still cant get it to work i get the following error Fatal error: Call to undefined function ibase_connect() in C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\phase\\includes\\config.php on line 11 another thing is where do i get the php_interbase.dll because i cant find it in my php/ext folder !!

Alejandro Garcilazo, 06 August 2012 18:04

the tips here, saved me from a complete nightmare over a complete day!, trying to set up. thanks a lot.

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