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# odbc_execute

(PHP 3>= 3.0.6, PHP 4 )

odbc_execute -- Execute a prepared statement

## Description

resource odbc_execute ( resource result_id [, array parameters_array])

Executes a statement prepared with odbc_prepare(). Returns `TRUE` on successful execution; `FALSE` otherwise. The array `parameters_array` only needs to be given if you really have parameters in your statement.

Parameters in `parameter_array` will be substituted for placeholders in the prepared statement in order.

Any parameters in `parameter_array` which start and end with single quotes will be taken as the name of a file to read and send to the database server as the data for the appropriate placeholder.

> Note: As of PHP 4.1.1, this file reading functionality has the following restrictions:

> - File reading is not subject to any safe mode or safe mode restrictions. This is fixed in PHP 4.2.0.

> - Remote files are not supported.

> - If you wish to store a string which actually begins and ends with single quotes, you must escape them or add a space or other non-single-quote character to the beginning or end of the parameter, which will prevent the parameter's being taken as a file name. If this is not an option, then you must use another mechanism to store the string, such as executing the query directly with odbc_exec()).

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