Php/docs/function.dbase-open
dbase_open
(PHP 5 < 5.3.0, dbase 5, dbase 7)
dbase_open — Opens a database
Description
dbase_open
( string $path
, int $mode
) : resource|false
dbase_open() opens a dBase database with the given access mode.
Note:
This function is affected by open_basedir.
Parameters
path
The path of the database. It can be a relative or absolute path to the file where dBase will store your data.
mode
An integer which correspond to those for the open() system call (Typically 0 means read-only, 1 means write-only, and 2 means read and write).
Note:
You can't open a dBase file in write-only mode as the function will fail to read the headers information and thus you can't use 1 as
mode
.As of dbase 7.0.0 you can use
DBASE_RDONLY
andDBASE_RDWR
, respectively, to specify themode
.
Return Values
Returns a database resource on success, or FALSE
on failure.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
dbase 7.0.0 | The return value is now a resource instead of an
int. |
Examples
Example #1 Opening a dBase database file
<?php// open in read-only mode$db = dbase_open('/tmp/test.dbf', 0);if ($db) { // read some data .. dbase_close($db);}?>