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# PDO::getAttribute

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PDO::getAttribute -- Retrieve a database connection attribute

## Description

mixed 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()

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