PDO::beginTransaction
Turns off auto commit mode and begins a transaction.
Syntax
bool PDO::beginTransaction();
Return Value
true if the method call succeeded, false otherwise.
Remarks
The transaction begun with PDO::beginTransaction ends when PDO::commit or PDO::rollback is called.
PDO::beginTransaction is not affected by (and does not affect) the value of PDO::ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT.
You are not allowed to call PDO::beginTransaction before the previous PDO::beginTransaction is ended with PDO::rollback or PDO::commit.
The connection returns to auto commit mode if this method fails.
Support for PDO was added in version 2.0 of the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server.
Example
The following example uses a database called Test and a table called Table1. It starts a transaction and then issues commands to add two rows and then delete one row. The commands are sent to the database and the transaction is explicitly ended with PDO::commit.
<?php
$conn = new PDO( "sqlsrv:server=(local); Database = Test", "", "");
$conn->beginTransaction();
$ret = $conn->exec("insert into Table1(col1, col2) values('a', 'b') ");
$ret = $conn->exec("insert into Table1(col1, col2) values('a', 'c') ");
$ret = $conn->exec("delete from Table1 where col1 = 'a' and col2 = 'b'");
$conn->commit();
// $conn->rollback();
echo $ret;
?>