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<h1 class="refname">ibase_blob_close</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ibase_blob_close</span> — <span class="dc-title">Close blob</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ibase_blob_close</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$blob_handle</code></span>
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This function closes a BLOB that has either been opened for reading by
<span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-open.html" class="function">ibase_blob_open()</a></span> or has been opened for writing by
<span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-create.html" class="function">ibase_blob_create()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-close-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">blob_handle</code></em></span>
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A BLOB handle opened with <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-create.html" class="function">ibase_blob_create()</a></span> or
<span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-open.html" class="function">ibase_blob_open()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-close-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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If the BLOB was being read, this function returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success, if
the BLOB was being written to, this function returns a string containing
the BLOB id that has been assigned to it by the database. On failure, this
function returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-close-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-cancel.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_cancel()</a> - Cancel creating blob</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-open.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_open()</a> - Open blob for retrieving data parts</span></li>
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