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dbase_create

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

dbase_create -- Creates a dBase database

Description

int dbase_create (string filename, array fields)

The fields parameter is an array of arrays, each array describing the format of one field in the database. Each field consists of a name, a character indicating the field type, a length, and a precision.

The types of fields available are:

L

Boolean. These do not have a length or precision.

M

Memo. (Note that these aren't supported by PHP.) These do not have a length or precision.

D

Date (stored as YYYYMMDD). These do not have a length or precision.

N

Number. These have both a length and a precision (the number of digits after the decimal point).

C

String.

If the database is successfully created, a dbase_identifier is returned, otherwise FALSE is returned.

Example 1. Creating a dBase database file

// "database" name
$dbname = "/tmp/test.dbf";

// database "definition"
$def =
    array(
        array("date",     "D"),
        array("name",     "C",  50),
        array("age",      "N",   3, 0),
        array("email",    "C", 128),
        array("ismember", "L")
    );

// creation
if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def))
    print "<strong>Error!</strong>";

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