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Natively Connect to Outreach.io Data in PHP


The CData ODBC driver for Outreach.io enables you to create PHP applications with connectivity to Outreach.io data. Leverage the native support for ODBC in PHP.

Drop the CData ODBC Driver for Outreach.io into your LAMP or WAMP stack to build Outreach.io-connected Web applications. This article shows how to use PHP's ODBC built-in functions to connect to Outreach.io data, execute queries, and output the results.

Configure a DSN

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

You must use OAuth to authenticate with Outreach. Set the InitiateOAuth connection property to "GETANDREFRESH". For more information, refer to the OAuth section in the Help documentation.

Establish a Connection

Open the connection to Outreach.io by calling the odbc_connect or odbc_pconnect methods. To close connections, use odbc_close or odbc_close_all.

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Outreach Source","user","password");

Connections opened with odbc_connect are closed when the script ends. Connections opened with the odbc_pconnect method are still open after the script ends. This enables other scripts to share that connection when they connect with the same credentials. By sharing connections among your scripts, you can save system resources, and queries execute faster.

$conn = odbc_pconnect("CData ODBC Outreach Source","user","password"); ... odbc_close($conn); //persistent connection must be closed explicitly

Create Prepared Statements

Create prepared statements and parameterized queries with the odbc_prepare function.

$query = odbc_prepare($conn, "SELECT * FROM Accounts WHERE Industry = ?");

Execute Queries

Execute prepared statements with odbc_execute.

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Outreach Source","user","password"); $query = odbc_prepare($conn, "SELECT * FROM Accounts WHERE Industry = ?"); $success = odbc_execute($query, array('Textiles'));

Execute nonparameterized queries with odbc_exec.

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Outreach Source","user","password"); $query = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT Name, NumberOfEmployees FROM Accounts WHERE Industry = 'Textiles'");

Process Results

Access a row in the result set as an array with the odbc_fetch_array function.

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Outreach.io data Source","user","password"); $query = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT Name, NumberOfEmployees FROM Accounts WHERE Industry = 'Textiles'"); while($row = odbc_fetch_array($query)){ echo $row["Name"] . "\n"; }

Display the result set in an HTML table with the odbc_result_all function.

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Outreach.io data Source","user","password"); $query = odbc_prepare($conn, "SELECT * FROM Accounts WHERE Industry = ?"); $success = odbc_execute($query, array('Textiles')); if($success) odbc_result_all($query);

More Example Queries

You will find complete information on the driver's supported SQL in the help documentation. The code examples above are Outreach.io-specific adaptations of the PHP community documentation for all ODBC functions.

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The Outreach.io ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Outreach.io, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Outreach.io data like you would a database - read, write, and update Outreach.io 0, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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