## Example

`

     bool odbc_binmode ( resource $result_id , int $mode )

`

## Description

Enables handling of binary column data. ODBC SQL types affected are BINARY, VARBINARY, and LONGVARBINARY. When binary SQL data is converted to character C data, each byte (8 bits) of source data is represented as two ASCII characters. These characters are the ASCII character representation of the number in its hexadecimal form. For example, a binary 00000001 is converted to "01" and a binary 11111111 is converted to "FF". LONGVARBINARY handling binmode longreadlen result
ODBC_BINMODE_PASSTHRU 0 passthru
ODBC_BINMODE_RETURN 0 passthru
ODBC_BINMODE_CONVERT 0 passthru
ODBC_BINMODE_PASSTHRU 0 passthru
ODBC_BINMODE_PASSTHRU >0 passthru
ODBC_BINMODE_RETURN >0 return as is
ODBC_BINMODE_CONVERT >0 return as char
If odbc_fetch_into() is used, passthru means that an empty string is returned for these columns.

## Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.