PHP 7.0.6 Released

dbase_create

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

dbase_createCreates a database

Description

int dbase_create ( string $filename , array $fields )

dbase_create() creates a dBase database with the given definition.

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.

fields

An array of arrays, each array describing the format of one field of the database. Each field consists of a name, a character indicating the field type, and optionally, a length, and a precision.

Note:

The fieldnames are limited in length and must not exceed 10 chars.

Return Values

Returns a database link identifier if the database is successfully created, or FALSE if an error occurred.

Examples

Example #1 Creating a dBase database file

<?php

// database "definition"
$def = array(
  array(
"date",     "D"),
  array(
"name",     "C",  50),
  array(
"age",      "N",   30),
  array(
"email",    "C"128),
  array(
"ismember""L")
);

// creation
if (!dbase_create('/tmp/test.dbf'$def)) {
  echo 
"Error, can't create the database\n";
}

?>

See Also

User Contributed Notes

karl at kingkarl dot com
6 years ago
Format Description:

Date "D" - no field length or precision
NOTE: format "Ymd"

Logic "L" - no field length or precision
NOTE: must be entered as either "T" or "F"

Character "C" - field length no precision
NOTE: string will be truncated at given length

Numeric "N" - field length with precision
NOTE: Numeric includes precision

eg "45" = Length: 2, Precision: 0
eg "45.1" = Length:4, Precision:1
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