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--- v5:reference:connection:setconnectionparameter [2022/03/24 17:51] – mnewnham
+++ v5:reference:connection:setconnectionparameter [2026/01/30 04:21] (current) – [MySQL] mnewnham
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 ===== Database Specific Values =====
 ==== MySQL ====
-//$parameterName// must be one of the [[https://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.options.php|predefined constants]] defined in PHP documentation for the //mysqli_options()// function.
+//$parameterName// must be one of the [[https://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.options.php|predefined constants]] defined in PHP documentation for the //mysqli_options()// function, or one of the specified ADOdb MySQLi custom connection parameters.
+=== Custom Parameters ===
+^Key^Example Value^Description^
+|socket||A string describing the location of an override socket name on the MySql server|
+|port|3306|An override value for the connection port|
+|clientFlags|MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT|Any of the allowed clientFlags values|
+|ssl|array('key'=>"key.pem", 'cert'=>"cert.pem", 'ca'=>"cacert.pem", 'capath' => null, 'cipher'=>null)| An array of values that describes an SSL connection to the MySQL Server|
+=== Examples ===
 <code php>
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 $db->setConnectionParameter(MYSQLI_SET_CHARSET_NAME, 'utf8mb4');
 $db->connect('hostname', 'user', 'password', 'database');
+</code>
+=== Workaround for setting Server side character set on MySQL ===
+<code php>
+$SQL = "SET
+    character_set_results    = 'utf8mb4',
+    character_set_client     = 'utf8mb4',
+    character_set_connection = 'utf8mb4',
+    character_set_database   = 'utf8mb4',
+    character_set_server     = 'utf8mb4'";
+$db->execute($SQL);
 </code>
 ==== Firebird ====
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 ==== Oracle ====
 //$parameterName// must be one of the following
 === session_mode ===
 Sets the Oracle Session Mode. The default value is ''OCI_DEFAULT''. Other values are:
   * ''OCI_CRED_EXT''
   * ''OCI_SYSOPER''
   * ''OCI_SYSDBA''
 <code php>
 $db = ADONewConnection('oci8');
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 </code>
+=== client_identifier ===
+(ADOdb >= 5.21.3)
+Sets the [[https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.oci-set-client-identifier.php|Oracle Client Identifier]].
+<code php>
+$db = ADONewConnection('oci8');
+$db->setConnectionParameter('client_identifier',$_SESSION['username']);
+$db->connect($database,$user,$password);
+</code>
-===== Other Usage =====
-<code php>
+==== SQL Server ====
+Parameters must be set from the list of Microsoft [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/connection-options|PHP Connection Options]]
+<code php>
 /*
- * Connecting to DB2 Database
+ * Example setting the character set
  */
-$db->setConnectionParameter('autocommit',DB2_AUTOCOMMIT_ON);
+$db->setConnectionParameter('CharacterSet','UTF-8');
 $db->connect('database','user','password');
+</code>
+==== IDM DB2 ====
+Parameters must be chosen from the list of DB2 [[https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.db2-connect|Connection Parameters]]
+<code php>
 /*
- * Connecting to a SQL Server database
+ * Example Setting Auto-commit
  */
-$db->setConnectionParameter('CharacterSet','UTF-8');
+$db->setConnectionParameter('autocommit',DB2_AUTOCOMMIT_ON);
 $db->connect('database','user','password');
 </code>
+==== PDO Driver ====
+Any parameter from the PHP [[https://www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.setattribute|PDO Attribute List]]
+<code php>
+/*
+ * Example Setting Timeout Duration
+ */
+$db->setConnectionParameter(PDO::ATTR_TIMEOUT,60);
+$db->connect(mysql:$dsn,'user','password');
+</code>