ibase_set_event_handler

Description

This function registers a PHP user function as event handler for the specified events. The callback is called with the event name and the link resource as arguments whenever one of the specified events is posted by the database. The callback must return FALSE if the event handler should be canceled. Any other return value is ignored.

<?php

    function event_handler($event_name, $link)
    {
        if ($event_name=="NEW ORDER") {
            // process new order
            ibase_query($link, "UPDATE orders SET status='handled'");
        } else if ($event_name=="DB_SHUTDOWN") {
            // free event handler 
            return false;
        }
    }

    ibase_set_event_handler($link,"event_handler","NEW_ORDER","DB_SHUTDOWN");
?>

The return value is an event resource. This resource can be used to free the event handler using ibase_free_event_handler().

See also ibase_free_event_handler() and ibase_wait_event().