Natively Connect to Codat Data in PHP

Drop the CData ODBC Driver for Codat into your LAMP or WAMP stack to build Codat-connected Web applications. This article shows how to use PHP's ODBC built-in functions to connect to Codat 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.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Codat Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Codat.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Codat (see below).

Codat API Profile Settings

Log into the Codat Portal, navigate to Accounts > Profile > API Key to obtain your API key.

Establish a Connection

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

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC API 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.

$conn = odbc_pconnect("CData ODBC API Source","user","password");
...
odbc_close($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 Status = ?");

Execute Queries

Execute prepared statements with odbc_execute.

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

Execute nonparameterized queries with odbc_exec.

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC API Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT Id, CompanyId FROM Accounts WHERE Status = 'Active'");
  

Process Results

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

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Codat data Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT Id, CompanyId FROM Accounts WHERE Status = 'Active'");
while($row = odbc_fetch_array($query)){
 echo $row["Id"] . "\n";
}

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

$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Codat data Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_prepare($conn, "SELECT * FROM Accounts WHERE Status = ?");
$success = odbc_execute($query, array('Active'));
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 Codat-specific adaptations of the PHP community documentation for all ODBC functions.