PHP: dbase_open - Manual (original) (raw)

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

dbase_open — Opens a database

Description

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 asmode.

As of dbase 7.0.0 you can use [DBASE_RDONLY](dbase.constants.php#constant.dbase-rdonly) and [DBASE_RDWR](dbase.constants.php#constant.dbase-rdwr), respectively, to specify themode.

Return Values

Returns a database resource on success, or [false](reserved.constants.php#constant.false) on failure.

Changelog

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);
}?>`

Found A Problem?

jmertic at ncscredit dot com ¶

24 years ago

If you are wanting to open Foxpro tables using this, make sure they are in the 2.x format or php will not respond. In VFP use the following:

COPY TO tablename.dbf TYPE FOX2X

This is an easy way to bring database info to the web if you have a small foxpro setup.