(PHP 5, PHP 7)
Gets the header info of a database
array dbase_get_header_info ( int $dbase_identifier )
Returns information on the column structure of the given database link identifier.
Parameters:
dbase_identifier
The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open() or dbase_create().
Returns:
An indexed array with an entry for each column in the database. The array index starts at 0.
Each array element contains an associative array of column information, as described here:
- name
- The name of the column
- type
- The human-readable name for the dbase type of the column (i.e. date, boolean, etc.)
- length
- The number of bytes this column can hold
- precision
- The number of digits of decimal precision for the column
- format
- A suggested printf() format specifier for the column
- offset
- The byte offset of the column from the start of the row
If the database header information cannot be read, FALSE is returned.
Examples:
Showing header information for a dBase database file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | <?php// Path to dbase file$db_path = "/tmp/test.dbf";// Open dbase file$dbh = dbase_open($db_path, 0) or die("Error! Could not open dbase database file '$db_path'.");// Get column information$column_info = dbase_get_header_info($dbh);// Display informationprint_r($column_info);?> |
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