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                                 dbase_create

   (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
   dbase_create -- Creates a dBase database

Description

   int dbase_create ( string filename, array fields)

   dbase_create() creates a dBase database in the file filename, with the
   fields fields.

   The fields parameter is an array of arrays, each array describing the
   format of one field in the database. Each field consists of a name, a
   character indicating the field type, a length, and a precision.

   The types of fields available are:

   L
          Boolean. These do not have a length or precision.

   M
          Memo. (Note that these aren't supported by PHP.) These do not
          have a length or precision.

   D
          Date (stored as YYYYMMDD). These do not have a length or
          precision.

   N
          Number. These have both a length and a precision (the number of
          digits after the decimal point).

   C
          String.

   If the database is successfully created, a dbase_identifier is
   returned, otherwise FALSE is returned.

   Example 1. Creating a dBase database file
   <?php
   // "database" name
   $dbname = "/tmp/test.dbf";
   // database "definition"
   $def =
       array(
           array("date",     "D"),
           array("name",     "C",  50),
           array("age",      "N",   3, 0),
           array("email",    "C", 128),
           array("ismember", "L")
       );
   // creation
   if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def))
       echo "<strong>Error!</strong>";
   ?>
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