#19669 [Fbk->Opn]: Incomplete documentation for dba_replace

ID: 19669 User updated by: jelte.werkhoven@itfy.com Reported By: jelte.werkhoven@itfy.com -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: linux PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: I'm using three gdbm databases which are read and written to by both a C daemon and a php-script. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-09-30 05:45:05] hholzgra@php.net which ext/dba backend are you refering to? gdbm, db2, db3? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-09-30 03:34:16] jelte.werkhoven@itfy.com I think it might be worth mentioning in the documentation for the dba_replace function that to actually replace an entry in a *DBM-type database, you need to pad the value to the exact lenght of the value to be replaced. This seems to go for both entries shorter and longer than the replacing value. I also added a comment to the documention to this extent but this is, in my opinion, cardinal to the differance between dba_replace and dba_insert so it might be worth mentioning. Also, data corruption and infinite growth of the data file will result if the length is not padded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19669&edit=1