Php/docs/function.dba-firstkey

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dba_firstkey

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

dba_firstkey — Fetch first key

Description

dba_firstkey ( resource $handle ) : string|false

dba_firstkey() returns the first key of the database and resets the internal key pointer. This permits a linear search through the whole database.

Parameters

handle

The database handler, returned by dba_open() or dba_popen().

Return Values

Returns the key on success or FALSE on failure.

See Also

• dba_nextkey() - Fetch next key
• dba_key_split() - Splits a key in string representation into array representation
• Example 2 in the DBA examples