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PHP : Function Reference : dBase Functions : dbase_get_record

dbase_get_record

Gets a record from a database as an indexed array (PHP 4, PHP 5)
array dbase_get_record ( int dbase_identifier, int record_number )


Code Examples / Notes » dbase_get_record

06-feb-2006 12:39

Take care with this! Strings are not binary safe using these procedures!!!

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Nowhere in the documentaiont explains that if the entire DBF file is lacking a record for one whole column, you will not get a blank entry in your result from dbase_get_record().  You must use dbase_get_record_with_names(), it is the only safe way to read dbase files in PHP 4.
For example, if you have a dbase file with 12 columns, but 3 of them contain no data in any record, then your array returned from dbase_get_record() will only have 9 sequential array keys and values, leaving you no way to figure out which are the missing columns.


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