ID:               36135
 User updated by:  daniel dot henchoz at unil dot ch
 Reported By:      daniel dot henchoz at unil dot ch
 Status:           Wont fix
 Bug Type:         Informix related
 Operating System: Solaris 9
 PHP Version:      5.1.2
 New Comment:

Ok, below you can read the postion of IBM :

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Hi.

I dont understand that statement.

We're providing actual support, as i told you in my previous email, we
believe that the problem is due that PHP is compiled using non thread
libraries, and the webblade is done using thread ones.
PHP develop the module to comunicate with informix, so is up to them to
give the option of create the module with thread libraries (which is the
best option) to make it compatible with other modules
which comunicate with informix.

If they (i mean PHP) need help to develop the module, they should open
a case with IBM Informix support providing a correct ICN number, but is
not up to us to develop the module for them.

As i show you in the sample code,a simple module that connect using
thread libraries will break the php module, so really, they should came
with a way to be able to complie using the thread libraries,
for what i saw in the make files, there is such thing which will
activate the "-thread" flag for the esql, but maybe is still
"experimental", PHP support should know this, or at least help you to
compile the module
with threads.

I hope is clear now, i told you in my first email that this looked like
a third party sfotware problem, some kind of incompatiblily between the
libraries used by the PHP module and used by the webdriver one.
and i think i 've prove that,

Did they knew that the problem is related to the thread / non-thread
libraries before they replied to you? becouse if not, i think they will
change their statement.

Regards,

J.S.

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What can I do now ?

Regards

Daniel


Previous Comments:
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[2006-01-23 13:21:44] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

IBM needs to get their act together and provide us real support. Before
that happens -> wont fix. (tell this to IBM, maybe they'll actually help
if a customer makes a request)

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[2006-01-23 12:05:52] daniel dot henchoz at unil dot ch

I built PHP with the following command :

#  ./configure --with-informix=/ifmxbin --with-gd --with-zlib
--with-mcrypt --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-xml
--with-libxml-dir=/usr/local --with-xsl=/usr/local

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[2006-01-23 12:00:50] daniel dot henchoz at unil dot ch

Description:
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I've installed a SUN server under Solaris 9 with Apache 2.0.55, PHP
5.1.2, Informix 9.40.UC6, Informix Client SDK 2.90.UC3, Informix
Webdatablade 4.13.UC3. Now I try to get information from the Informix
database via a PHP ifx_connect function and on the same apache server
using the Informix webdatablade tool (old pages not yet migrated ...).

The php and informix modules are loaded in the apache httpd.conf :

#IBM Informix Web DataBlade DSO Module Added
LoadModule        informix_module       
/d3/apache2/wwwdbdev/ifmx-bin/drvapch2.so

# Load the necessary PHP modules
LoadModule php5_module        modules/libphp5.so

I'm not able to have php and webdatablade connections to informix work
together ...


Case 1:
-------

If I load the informix module first in the httpd.conf file the php ifx
functions doesn't work and I get the following incomplete error message
:

*Warning*: ifx_connect() [function.ifx-connect 
<https://furio.unil.ch/php-dhz/function.ifx-connect>]: E [SQLSTATE= in

*/d3/apache2/wwwdbdev/php-dhz/testifmx.php* on line *3*

*Warning*: ifx_query(): supplied argument is not a valid Informix link
resource in */d3/apache2/wwwdbdev/php-dhz/testifmx.php* on line *4*

*Warning*: printf() [function.printf 
<https://furio.unil.ch/php-dhz/function.printf>]: Too few arguments in
*/d3/apache2/wwwdbdev/php-dhz/testifmx.php* on line *7*

The php script is below :

<?php

$ConnId = ifx_connect ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]","xxxxxx","xxxxxx");
$ResId = ifx_query ("SELECT * FROM dhtable", $ConnId);

if (! $ResId) {
    printf("Can't select names : %s\n<br />%s<br />\n", ifx_error());
    ifx_errormsg();
    die;
}
ifx_htmltbl_result($ResId, "border=\"1\"");
ifx_free_result($ResId);

ifx_close($ConnId);
?>

On the other hand the webdatablade connection works normally ...


Case 2:
-------

If I load the php module before the informix module in the httpd.conf
file, the php ifx_connect function works correctly, but now the
wedatablade connection fails (never answer) ....



I need the two ways to connect to the database, since we actually still
use both .... I've asked IBM for a solution, but they propose me to
submit this problem to PHP people since IBM didn't develop the ifx
functions to connect to the informix database via PHP.

The IBM engineer already did some test, and suspect that we have
problems because the php informix module doesn't use the informix
thread libs, since the webdatablade module of informix use them ... (I
could formward the complete tests and example if necessary). He propose
me to submit a question to the PHP community.

So my final question is :
How to get PHP working in thread mode with the informix libraries ?? 

Best Regards

Daniel






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