dbase_open
Opens a database
Description
resourcefalse dbase_open(string $path
, int $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.
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);
}
?>