What is the recommended method for accessing Paradox tables using PHP and ODBC?

To access Paradox tables using PHP and ODBC, you can use the PDO (PHP Data Objects) extension in PHP. First, you need to set up an ODBC connection to the Paradox database using the ODBC driver for Paradox. Then, you can use PDO to connect to the database, query the tables, and retrieve the data. 

try {
    $dbh = new PDO("odbc:Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )};DriverID=538;Fil=Paradox 5.X;DefaultDir=C:\path\to\your\paradox\files;");
    
    $stmt = $dbh->query("SELECT * FROM tablename");
    
    while ($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
        // Process the data here
    }
    
    $dbh = null;
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}

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