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Natively Connect to Google Directory Data in PHP
The CData ODBC driver for Google Directory enables you to create PHP applications with connectivity to Google Directory data. Leverage the native support for ODBC in PHP.
Drop the CData ODBC Driver for Google Directory into your LAMP or WAMP stack to build Google Directory-connected Web applications. This article shows how to use PHP's ODBC built-in functions to connect to Google Directory data, execute queries, and output the results.
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.
Google uses the OAuth authentication standard. You can authorize the data provider to access Google Spreadsheets as an individual user or with a Google Apps Domain service account. See the Getting Started section of the data provider help documentation for an authentication guide.
Establish a Connection
Open the connection to Google Directory by calling the odbc_connect or odbc_pconnect methods. To close connections, use odbc_close or odbc_close_all.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC GoogleDirectory 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.
$conn = odbc_pconnect("CData ODBC GoogleDirectory Source","user","password");
...
odbc_close($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 MyTable WHERE Status = ?");
Execute Queries
Execute prepared statements with odbc_execute.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC GoogleDirectory Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_prepare($conn, "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Status = ?");
$success = odbc_execute($query, array('confirmed'));
Execute nonparameterized queries with odbc_exec.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC GoogleDirectory Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT Id, Description FROM MyTable");
Process Results
Access a row in the result set as an array with the odbc_fetch_array function.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Google Directory data Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT Id, Description FROM MyTable");
while($row = odbc_fetch_array($query)){
echo $row["Id"] . "\n";
}
Display the result set in an HTML table with the odbc_result_all function.
$conn = odbc_connect("CData ODBC Google Directory data Source","user","password");
$query = odbc_prepare($conn, "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Status = ?");
$success = odbc_execute($query, array('confirmed'));
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 Google Directory-specific adaptations of the PHP community documentation for all ODBC functions.
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Google Directory ODBC Driver
The Google Directory ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Google Directory, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.
Access Google Directory data like you would a database, including Domains, Groups, Users, Tokens, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.
