XIX. dBase functions
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.
- Table of Contents
- dbase_create -- Creates a dBase
database
- dbase_open -- Opens a dBase database
- dbase_close -- Close a dBase database
- dbase_pack -- Packs a dBase database
- dbase_add_record -- Add a record to a
dBase database
- dbase_replace_record -- Replace a
record in a dBase database
- dbase_delete_record -- Deletes a
record from a dBase database
- dbase_get_record -- Gets a record from a
dBase database
-
dbase_get_record_with_names -- Gets a record from a dBase database as an associative
array
- dbase_numfields -- Find out how many
fields are in a dBase database
- dbase_numrecords -- Find out how many
records are in a dBase database
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