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Natively Connect to Dynamics 365 Data in PHP
The CData ODBC driver for Dynamics 365 enables you to create PHP applications with connectivity to Dynamics 365 data. Leverage the native support for ODBC in PHP.
Drop the CData ODBC Driver for Dynamics 365 into your LAMP or WAMP stack to build Dynamics 365-connected Web applications. This article shows how to use PHP's ODBC built-in functions to connect to Dynamics 365 data, execute queries, and output the results.
About Dynamics 365 Data Integration
CData simplifies access and integration of live Microsoft Dynamics 365 data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:
- Read and write data in the full Dynamics 365 ecosystem: Sales, Customer Service, Finance & Operations, Marketing, and more.
- Extend the native features of Dynamics CRM with customizable caching and intelligent query aggregation and separation.
- Authenticate securely with Dynamics 365 in a variety of ways, including Azure Active Directory, Azure Managed Service Identity credentials, and Azure Service Principal using either a client secret or a certificate.
- Use SQL stored procedures to manage their Dynamics 365 entities - listing, creating, and removing associations between entities.
CData customers use our Dynamics 365 connectivity solutions for a variety of reasons, whether they're looking to replicate their data into a data warehouse (alongside other data sources) or analyze live Dynamics 365 data from their preferred data tools inside the Microsoft ecosystem (Power BI, Excel, etc.) or with external tools (Tableau, Looker, etc.).
Getting Started
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.
Edition and OrganizationUrl are required connection properties. The Dynamics 365 connector supports connecting to the following editions: CustomerService, FieldService, FinOpsOnline, FinOpsOnPremise, HumanResources, Marketing, ProjectOperations and Sales.
For Dynamics 365 Business Central, use the separate Dynamics 365 Business Central driver.
OrganizationUrl is the URL to your Dynamics 365 organization. For instance, https://orgcb42e1d0.crm.dynamics.com
Establish a Connection
Open the connection to Dynamics 365 by calling the odbc_connect or odbc_pconnect methods. To close connections, use odbc_close or odbc_close_all.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Dynamics365 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.
$conn = odbc_pconnect("CData ODBC Dynamics365 Source","user","password");
...
odbc_close($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 GoalHeadings WHERE Name = ?");
Execute Queries
Execute prepared statements with odbc_execute.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Dynamics365 Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_prepare($conn, "SELECT * FROM GoalHeadings WHERE Name = ?");
$success = odbc_execute($query, array('MyAccount'));
Execute nonparameterized queries with odbc_exec.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Dynamics365 Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT GoalHeadingId, Name FROM GoalHeadings WHERE Name = 'MyAccount'");
Process Results
Access a row in the result set as an array with the odbc_fetch_array function.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Dynamics 365 data Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT GoalHeadingId, Name FROM GoalHeadings WHERE Name = 'MyAccount'");
while($row = odbc_fetch_array($query)){
echo $row["GoalHeadingId"] . "\n";
}
Display the result set in an HTML table with the odbc_result_all function.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Dynamics 365 data Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_prepare($conn, "SELECT * FROM GoalHeadings WHERE Name = ?");
$success = odbc_execute($query, array('MyAccount'));
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 Dynamics 365-specific adaptations of the PHP community documentation for all ODBC functions.
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Dynamics 365 ODBC Driver
The Dynamics 365 ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Dynamics 365, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.
Access Dynamics 365 data like you would a database - read, write, and update Dynamics 365 Leads, Contacts, Opportunities, Accounts, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.
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