| 
| PDO::getAttribute PDO::getAttribute    (no version information, might be only in CVS) PDO::getAttribute -- 
   Retrieve a database connection attribute
  Descriptionmixed PDO::getAttribute  ( int attribute ) 
   This function returns the value of a database connection attribute. To
   retrieve PDOStatement attributes, refer to
   PDOStatement::getAttribute().
   
   Note that some database/driver combinations may not support all of the
   database connection attributes.
  Parameters
    attribute
       One of the PDO::ATTR_* constants. The constants that
       apply to database connections are as follows:
        | PDO::ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT |  | PDO::ATTR_CASE |  | PDO::ATTR_CLIENT_VERSION |  | PDO::ATTR_CONNECTION_STATUS |  | PDO::ATTR_DRIVER_NAME |  | PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE |  | PDO::ATTR_ORACLE_NULLS |  | PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT |  | PDO::ATTR_PREFETCH |  | PDO::ATTR_SERVER_INFO |  | PDO::ATTR_SERVER_VERSION |  | PDO::ATTR_TIMEOUT | 
Return Values
   A successful call returns the value of the requested PDO attribute.
   An unsuccessful call returns null.
  Examples
    | Example 1. Retrieving database connection attributes | 
<?php$conn = new PDO('odbc:sample', 'db2inst1', 'ibmdb2');
 $attributes = array(
 "AUTOCOMMIT", "ERRMODE", "CASE", "CLIENT_VERSION", "CONNECTION_STATUS",
 "ORACLE_NULLS", "PERSISTENT", "PREFETCH", "SERVER_INFO", "SERVER_VERSION",
 "TIMEOUT"
 );
 
 foreach ($attributes as $val) {
 echo "PDO::ATTR_$val: ";
 echo $conn->getAttribute(constant("PDO::ATTR_$val")) . "\n";
 }
 ?>
 | 
 | 
See Also
    | PDO::setAttribute() |  | PDOStatement::getAttribute() |  | PDOStatement::setAttribute() | 
 |  |