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dbase_create

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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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