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    dbase_get_record

    (PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

    dbase_get_record — Gets a record from a database as an indexed array

    Description

    array dbase_get_record ( int $dbase_identifier , int $record_number )

    Gets a record from a database as an indexed array.

    Parameters

    dbase_identifier

    The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open() or dbase_create().

    record_number

    The index of the record.

    Return Values

    An indexed array with the record. This array will also include an associative key named deleted which is set to 1 if the record has been marked for deletion (see dbase_delete_record()).

    Each field is converted to the appropriate PHP type, except:

    • Dates are left as strings.
    • Integers that would have caused an overflow (> 32 bits) are returned as strings.

    On error, dbase_get_record() will return FALSE.

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    User Contributed Notes

    webtestjira at nospam dot mytrashmail dot com
    9 years ago
    Nowhere in the documentaiont explains that if the entire DBF file is lacking a record for one whole column, you will not get a blank entry in your result from dbase_get_record().  You must use dbase_get_record_with_names(), it is the only safe way to read dbase files in PHP 4.

    For example, if you have a dbase file with 12 columns, but 3 of them contain no data in any record, then your array returned from dbase_get_record() will only have 9 sequential array keys and values, leaving you no way to figure out which are the missing columns.
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