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Re: [PHP3] remote DB(sybase) connection question From: Richard Lynch (richard <email protected>)
Date: 05/15/00

In article <802568E0.0032ED22.00 <email protected>>,
david.tansley <email protected> wrote:

> Can you connect to remote DB servers where php is not istalled ?.

Absolutely. Only the DB server needs to be installed on the DB server.

> For instance if I had host-A that had apache/php installed, could I then
> using the connection (php functions) connect to host-B that has
> say Sybase running on it ?.

Yup.

> WOuld I need to install openclient first where php is resident on host-A..

Yes. Assuming openclient is the client libraries for Sybase... You for
sure need some stuff on host-A that knows just enough about Sybase to let
PHP connect to Sybase, without installing all of Sybase.

This is generally referred to as "client" libraries.
 
> OR do I have to install php/apache where the say Sybase is resident ? and use
> this server as the web server?

Nope. That would defeat the whole purpose of "two-tier architecture". 

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