DBASE_OPEN(3)								 1							     DBASE_OPEN(3)

dbase_open - Opens a database

SYNOPSIS

       int dbase_open (string  $filename, int  $mode)

DESCRIPTION

       dbase_open(3) opens a dBase database with the given access mode.

       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

	      o $filename
		- The name of the database. It can be a relative or absolute path to the file where dBase will store your data.

	      o $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 as $mode.

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);
	      }

	      ?>

RETURN VALUES

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

SEE ALSO

       dbase_create(3), dbase_close(3).

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