Connecting to Informix on AIX

[fmedina]

I understand I need somwtuff from Informfix to be able to connect from my Linux box with PHP to the Informix DB running on my AIX server. Would it be easier to compile PHP on Apache on AIX and connect from there? Any hints on either config woudl be a great help, thanks,

[Anon]

Which system has the Informix on it?

You need the Informix Client SDK installed on that system. Once installed, then you can compile PHP and enable Informix support.

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[fmedina]

Informix is on AIX. is it easier to connect to Informix from windows running Apache and PHP? I mean PHP for windows, seems to have all the connectors for all the DBs... thanks,

[Anon]

I can answer for connecting to Informix on AIX from PHP loaded on Windows. I have no experience with PHP on Windows.

Regardless, you need the Informix SDK installed on your AIX system. For PHP and Apache on your AIX system, follow the Apache Module Quick Reference section (Chapter 2, page 53) in the PHP manual. When you configure PHP make sure you add "-with-informix=$INFORMIXDIR" (INFORMIXDIR is set to whatever directory Informix is in. Also, ensure you have $INFORMIXDIR/bin in your PATH).

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