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XIX. dBase functions

Bevezet�s

These functions allow you to access records stored in dBase-format (dbf) databases.

There is no support for indexes or memo fields. There is no support for locking, too. Two concurrent webserver processes modifying the same dBase file will very likely ruin your database.

dBase files are simple sequential files of fixed length records. Records are appended to the end of the file and delete records are kept until you call dbase_pack().

We recommend that you do not use dBase files as your production database. Choose any real SQL server instead; MySQL or Postgres are common choices with PHP. dBase support is here to allow you to import and export data to and from your web database, because the file format is commonly understood by Windows spreadsheets and organizers.

Telep�t�s

In order to use these functions, you must compile PHP with the --enable-dbase option.

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Tartalom
dbase_add_record -- Add a record to a dBase database
dbase_close -- Close a dBase database
dbase_create -- Creates a dBase database
dbase_delete_record -- Deletes a record from a dBase database
dbase_get_record_with_names --  Gets a record from a dBase database as an associative array
dbase_get_record -- Gets a record from a dBase database
dbase_numfields --  Find out how many fields are in a dBase database
dbase_numrecords --  Find out how many records are in a dBase database
dbase_open -- Opens a dBase database
dbase_pack -- Packs a dBase database
dbase_replace_record -- Replace a record in a dBase database
User Contributed Notes
dBase functions
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Joerg Aldinger
16-Sep-2001 01:04

Note that dBase support on Windows is disabled by default.
Uncomment the following line in your php.ini file to enable it:

extension=php_dbase.dll

[email protected]
18-Dec-2001 09:34

For solution, how to read DBF file structure visit

- first example for unpack() shows how to use unpack() to read the format of a dbf file.

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