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# dbase_get_header_info

(PHP 5)

dbase_get_header_info -- Gets the header info of a database

## Описание

array dbase_get_header_info ( int dbase_identifier )

Returns information on the column structure of the given database link identifier.

## Список параметров

`dbase_identifier`

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

## Возвращаемые значения

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.

## Примеры

Пример 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'.");
// Get column information
$column_info = dbase_get_header_info($dbh);
// Display information
print_r($column_info);
?>`

add a note User Contributed Notes
dbase_get_header_info
christoph dot eck at bluewin dot ch
12-Sep-2006 03:58
`Field Types
*********
Not all field types of DBase are supported. Look below for the internal field type definitions of PHP 5.1.x.
The storage symbols of DBase are C (stands for character), D (date) , I (integer), N (number), L (boolean), M (memo). All other symbols like B, @, l, +, F, O and G are defined as unknown.
Sources
*********
http://www.dbase.com/KnowledgeBase/int/db7_file_fmt.htm
PHP-Source-5.1.6 ext/dbase/dbase.c (line 786)`
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