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class="chunklist chunklist_reference"><li><a href="function.yaz-addinfo.php">yaz_addinfo</a> — Returns additional error information</li><li><a href="function.yaz-ccl-conf.php">yaz_ccl_conf</a> — Configure CCL parser</li><li><a href="function.yaz-ccl-parse.php">yaz_ccl_parse</a> — Invoke CCL Parser</li><li><a href="function.yaz-close.php">yaz_close</a> — Close YAZ connection</li><li><a href="function.yaz-connect.php">yaz_connect</a> — Prepares for a connection to a Z39.50 server</li><li><a href="function.yaz-database.php">yaz_database</a> — Specifies the databases within a session</li><li><a href="function.yaz-element.php">yaz_element</a> — Specifies Element-Set Name for retrieval</li><li><a href="function.yaz-errno.php">yaz_errno</a> — Returns error number</li><li><a href="function.yaz-error.php">yaz_error</a> — Returns error description</li><li><a href="function.yaz-es-result.php">yaz_es_result</a> — Inspects Extended Services Result</li><li><a href="function.yaz-es.php">yaz_es</a> — Prepares for an Extended Service Request</li><li><a href="function.yaz-get-option.php">yaz_get_option</a> — Returns value of option for connection</li><li><a href="function.yaz-hits.php">yaz_hits</a> — Returns number of hits for last search</li><li><a href="function.yaz-itemorder.php">yaz_itemorder</a> — Prepares for Z39.50 Item Order with an ILL-Request package</li><li><a href="function.yaz-present.php">yaz_present</a> — Prepares for retrieval (Z39.50 present)</li><li><a href="function.yaz-range.php">yaz_range</a> — Specifies a range of records to retrieve</li><li><a href="function.yaz-record.php">yaz_record</a> — Returns a record</li><li><a href="function.yaz-scan-result.php">yaz_scan_result</a> — Returns Scan Response result</li><li><a href="function.yaz-scan.php">yaz_scan</a> — Prepares for a scan</li><li><a href="function.yaz-schema.php">yaz_schema</a> — Specifies schema for retrieval</li><li><a href="function.yaz-search.php">yaz_search</a> — Prepares for a search</li><li><a href="function.yaz-set-option.php">yaz_set_option</a> — Sets one or more options for connection</li><li><a href="function.yaz-sort.php">yaz_sort</a> — Sets sorting criteria</li><li><a href="function.yaz-syntax.php">yaz_syntax</a> — Specifies the preferred record syntax for retrieval</li><li><a href="function.yaz-wait.php">yaz_wait</a> — Wait for Z39.50 requests to complete</li></ul> </div> <br/><br/> <div id="usernotes"> <div class="head"> <span class="action"><a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/manual/add-note.php?sect=ref.yaz&redirect=http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.yaz.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081110122928im_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/notes-add.gif" alt="add a note" width="13" height="13" align="middle"/></a> <small><a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/manual/add-note.php?sect=ref.yaz&redirect=http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.yaz.php">add a note</a></small></span> <small>User Contributed Notes</small><br/> <strong>YAZ Functions</strong> </div> <a name="58085"></a> <div class="note"> <a href="#58085">23-Oct-2005 03:00</a> <div class="text"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span class="html"> Straightforward Steps to get PHP Yaz to work on win32:<br/> <br/> Download latest verion of php_yaz.dll and copy to your PHP extensions directory<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081110122928/http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/phpyaz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/phpyaz/</a><br/> <br/> Download latest version of YAZ toolkit and install it<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081110122928/http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/</a><br/> <br/> Go to the YAZ toolkit directory<br/> (Most likely C:\Program Files\YAZ\bin)<br/> <br/> Copy the 4 DLL files in that folder into your win32 directory<br/> <br/> Uncomment the "extention=php_yaz.dll;" line in php.ini<br/> <br/> Restart your web server.<br/> <br/> Uninstall the YAZ toolkit if you wish.</span> </code></div> </div> </div> <a name="44139"></a> <div class="note"> <strong>cstdenis at hotmail dot com</strong><br/> <a href="#44139">15-Jul-2004 06:17</a> <div class="text"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span class="html"> For those wondering what it is:<br/> <br/> "This standard defines a client/server based service and protocol for<br/> Information Retrieval. It specifies procedures and formats for a client to search a<br/> database provided by a server, retrieve database records, and perform related<br/> information retrieval functions. The protocol addresses communication between<br/> information retrieval applications at the client and server; it does not address interaction<br/> between the client and the end-user."</span> </code></div> </div> </div> <div class="foot"><a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/manual/add-note.php?sect=ref.yaz&redirect=http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.yaz.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081110122928im_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/notes-add.gif" alt="add a note" width="13" height="13" align="middle"/></a> <small><a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/manual/add-note.php?sect=ref.yaz&redirect=http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.yaz.php">add a note</a></small></div> </div><br/> <div class="manualnavbar manualnavbar_bottom"> <span class="next"> <a href="function.yaz-addinfo.php">yaz_addinfo<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081110122928im_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/caret-r.gif" alt=">" width="11" height="7"/></a> </span> <span class="prev"> <a href="book.yaz.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081110122928im_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/caret-l.gif" alt="<" width="11" height="7"/>YAZ</a> </span> <hr/> <span class="lastupdated">Last updated: Fri, 07 Nov 2008</span> <div class="langchooser">   </div> </div>  </div> <div class="cleaner"> </div> </div> <div id="footnav"> <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/source.php?url=/manual/en/ref.yaz.php">show source</a> | <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/credits.php">credits</a> | <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/stats/">stats</a> | <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/sitemap.php">sitemap</a> | <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/contact.php">contact</a> | <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/contact.php#ads">advertising</a> | <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/mirrors.php">mirror sites</a> </div> <div id="pagefooter"> <div id="copyright"> <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/copyright.php">Copyright © 2001-2008 The PHP Group</a><br/> All rights reserved. </div> <div id="thismirror"> <a href="/web/20081110122928/http://www.php.net/mirror.php">This mirror</a> generously provided by: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081110122928/http://developer.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! 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