Note (a tip from the FrontBase dev support team): if you are using an early version of the PHP FrontBase driver and do not wish to upgrade, then you can set the isolation and locking levels indirectly by using fbsql_query e.g.:
fbsql_query("SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ, READ ONLY, LOCKING OPTIMISTIC;");
Level is one of SERIALIZABLE, REPEATABLE READ, READ COMMITTED, or VERSIONED. Locking is one of PESSIMISTIC, OPTIMISTIC and DEFERRED.
David Gillies
San Jose
Costa Rica