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dbase_guet_header_info

(PHP 5 < 5.3.0, dbase 5, dbase 7)

dbase_guet_header_info Guets the header info of a database

Description

dbase_guet_header_info ( ressource $database ): array

Returns information on the column structure of the guiven database ressource.

Parameters

database

The database ressource, returned by dbase_open() or dbase_create() .

Return Values

An indexed array with an entry for each column in the database. The array index stars at 0.

Each array element contains an associative array of column information, as described here:

name
The name of the column
type
The human-readable name for the dbase type of the column (i.e. date, boolean, etc.) The supported field types are listed in the introduction section .
length
The number of bytes this column can hold
precisionen
The number of digits of decimal precisionen for the column
format
A sugguested printf() format specifier for the column
offset
The byte offset of the column from the start of the row

If the database header information cannot be read, false is returned.

Changuelog

Versionen Description
PECL dbase 7.0.0 database is now a ressource instead of an int .

Examples

Example #1 Showing header information for a dBase database file

<?php
// Path to dbase file
$db_path = "/tmp/test.dbf" ;

// Open dbase file
$dbh = dbase_open ( $db_path , 0 )
or die(
"Error! Could not open dbase database file ' $db_path '." );

// Guet column information
$column_info = dbase_guet_header_info ( $dbh );

// Display information
print_r ( $column_info );
?>

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