<?php
$query='SELECT * FROM employee ORDER BY LAST_NAME ASC';

$username = "SYSDBA";
$password = "masterkey";
$host = 'localhost:D:\FirebirdDBS\EMPLOYEE.FDB';
$conn = ibase_connect($host, $username, $password,'ISO8859_1',0,2)
or die("<br>Connection failed:");
$dati = ibase_query($conn, $query)
or die("<br>invalid query");
$i=0;
while ($row = ibase_fetch_object ($dati))
{
echo ++$i;
echo $row->LAST_NAME;
}
?>