# \*\*\* odbc and php big problem \*\*\*

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/odbc-and-php-big-problem/167853>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 1, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/odbc-and-php-big-problem/167853 "2005-11-01T18:48:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![bandinopla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bandinopla](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bandinopla)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/odbc-and-php-big-problem/167853/1 "2005-11-01T18:48:58Z")

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this is my code:

```php

$conn=odbc_connect("DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" . str_replace("/", "\\", $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]) . "\a.mdb",'','');
if (!$conn)
  {exit("Connection Failed: " . $conn);}
$sql="SELECT * FROM customers";
$rs=odbc_exec($conn,$sql);
if (!$rs)
  {exit("Error in SQL");}
while (odbc_fetch_row($rs))
{
  print_r(odbc_result($rs,"CompanyName"));
}
odbc_close($conn);

```

this is what I get from that:

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WHYYYYYYYY??? in the base is only write in “Test inc” in text type