The PDO_SQLITE Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:
DSN prefix (SQLite 3)
The DSN prefix is sqlite:.
To access a database on disk, append the absolute path to the
DSN prefix.
To create a database in memory, append memory:
to the DSN prefix.
DSN prefix (SQLite 2)
The SQLite extension in
PHP 5.1 provides a PDO driver that supports accessing and creating SQLite 2
databases. This enables you to access databases you may have created
with the SQLite extension in
previous versions of PHP.
Note:
The sqlite2 driver is only available in PHP 5.1 if you have enabled
both PDO and ext/sqlite. It is not currently available via PECL.
The DSN prefix for connecting to SQLite 2 databases is
sqlite2:.
To access a database on disk, append the absolute path to the
DSN prefix.
To create a database in memory, append memory:
to the DSN prefix.
Examples
Example 1. PDO_SQLITE DSN examples
The following examples show PDO_SQLITE DSN for connecting to
SQLite databases:
