dbase_replace_record

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Replaces a record in a database

bool dbase_replace_record ( int $dbase_identifier, array $record, int $record_number )

Replaces the given record in the database with the given data.

Parameters:

dbase_identifier

The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open() or dbase_create().

record

An indexed array of data. The number of items must be equal to the number of fields in the database, otherwise dbase_replace_record() will fail.

Note:

If you're using dbase_get_record() return value for this parameter, remember to reset the key named deleted.

record_number

An integer which spans from 1 to the number of records in the database (as returned by dbase_numrecords()).

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

Updating a record in the database

<?php

// open in read-write mode
$db = dbase_open('/tmp/test.dbf', 2);

if ($db) {
  // gets the old row
  $row = dbase_get_record_with_names($db, 1);
  
  // remove the 'deleted' entry
  unset($row['deleted']);
  
  // Update the date field with the current timestamp
  $row['date'] = date('Ymd');
  
  // Replace the record
  dbase_replace_record($db, $row, 1);
  dbase_close($db);
}

?>