dbase_create

Description

dbase_create() creates a dBase database in the file filename, with the fields 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:

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

Example 1. Creating a dBase database file <?php // "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>"; ?>