$db_connection = new COM("ADODB.Connection"); 

$db_connstr = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=". realpath("../database.mdb") ." ;DefaultDir=". realpath("../"); 
$db_connection->open($db_connstr); 
$rs = $db_connection->execute("SELECT this, and_that FROM some_table"); 
$rs_fld0 = $rs->Fields(0); 
$rs_fld1 = $rs->Fields(1); 
while (!$rs->EOF) { 

/* do some stuff with the results to make it look nice on screen */
/* but as an example... */

  print "$rs_fld0->value $rs_fld1->value\n"; 

  $rs->MoveNext(); /* updates fields! */ 
} 
$rs->Close(); 
$db_connection->Close();