<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Creates a database</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.dbase-close.html">dbase_close</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.dbase-delete-record.html">dbase_delete_record</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.dbase.html">dBase Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.dbase-create" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">dbase_create</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 < 5.3.0, dbase 5, dbase 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">dbase_create</span> — <span class="dc-title">Creates a database</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.dbase-create-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>dbase_create</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$fields</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$type</code><span class="initializer"> = DBASE_TYPE_DBASE</span></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> <span class="function"><strong>dbase_create()</strong></span> creates a dBase database with the given definition. If the file already exists, it is not truncated. <span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-pack.html" class="function">dbase_pack()</a></span> can be called to force truncation. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">When <a href="features.safe-mode.html" class="link">safe mode</a> is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.</span></p></blockquote> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para">This function is affected by <a href="ini.core.html#ini.open-basedir" class="link">open_basedir</a>.</p></p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.dbase-create-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <code class="parameter">filename</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The name of the database. It can be a relative or absolute path to the file where dBase will store your data. </p> </dd> <dt> <code class="parameter">fields</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> An array of arrays, each array describing the format of one field of the database. Each field consists of a name, a character indicating the field type, and optionally, a length, a precision and a nullable flag. The supported field types are listed in the <a href="intro.dbase.html" class="link">introduction section</a>. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> The fieldnames are limited in length and must not exceed 10 chars. </p> </p></blockquote> </dd> <dt> <code class="parameter">type</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> The type of database to be created. Either <strong><code>DBASE_TYPE_DBASE</code></strong> or <strong><code>DBASE_TYPE_FOXPRO</code></strong>. </p> </dd> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.dbase-create-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns a database link identifier if the database is successfully created, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if an error occurred. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.dbase-create-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>dbase 7.0.0</td> <td> The <code class="parameter">type</code> parameter has been added. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>dbase 7.0.0</td> <td> The return value is now a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.html" class="type resource">resource</a></span> instead of an <span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type int">int</a></span>. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.dbase-create-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-1219"> <p><strong>Example #1 Creating a dBase database file</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// database "definition"<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$def </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(<br /> array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"date"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"D"</span><span style="color: #007700">),<br /> array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"name"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"C"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">50</span><span style="color: #007700">),<br /> array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"age"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"N"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">3</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">),<br /> array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"email"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"C"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">128</span><span style="color: #007700">),<br /> array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"ismember"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"L"</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br />);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// creation<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">dbase_create</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/tmp/test.dbf'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$def</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Error, can't create the database\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.dbase-create-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-open.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">dbase_open()</a> - Opens a database</span></li> <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">dbase_close()</a> - Closes a database</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.dbase-close.html">dbase_close</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.dbase-delete-record.html">dbase_delete_record</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.dbase.html">dBase Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>