Confused on PHP and making a JDBC connection

[Sugapablo]

I have someone who has a proprietary database. They said that the only
way to access the DB is via a JDBC connection.

Now, does this mean I HAVE to use JAVA or JSP to connect to the DB? Does
PHP have the ability to make a connection using JDBC so that I can use
only PHP wo access the DB and use it in my web applications?

If the first thing that comes to your mind is "Ask the people who created
the DB"...I did, and they have no clue.

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[CJ Llewellyn]

Re: Confused on PHP and making a JDBC connection

"Sugapablo" <russ@REMOVEsug apablo.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.0 7.13.16.16.43.7 82755@REMOVEsug apablo.com...[color=blue]
> I have someone who has a proprietary database. They said that the only
> way to access the DB is via a JDBC connection.
>
> Now, does this mean I HAVE to use JAVA or JSP to connect to the DB? Does
> PHP have the ability to make a connection using JDBC so that I can use
> only PHP wo access the DB and use it in my web applications?[/color]

If it's proprietary and the company that wrote it only released a then yes,
you need Java.