dbase_get_header_info

Description

Returns information on the column structure of the given database resource.

Parameters

database

The database resource, returned by dbase_open() or dbase_create().

Return Values

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.) The supported field types are listed in the introduction section.

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.

Changelog

Examples

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);
?>