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dbase_open

(PHP 5 < 5.3.0, dbase 5, dbase 7)

dbase_openOpens 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 and DBASE_RDWR, respectively, to specify the mode.


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);}?>

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