dbase_open
(PHP 5 < 5.3.0, dbase 5, dbase 7)
dbase_open — Opens a database
Description
resource dbase_open
( string $filename
, int $mode
)
Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether
the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the
script that is being executed.
Note:
This function is affected by open_basedir.
Parameters
-
filename
-
The name 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.
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);
}
?>
Return Values
Returns a database link identifier if the database is successfully opened,
or FALSE if an error occurred.