Re: PHP dBASE connectivity

From: Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 14:17:37 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP dBASE connectivity
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thanks for your help I have tested that everything works, valid handles, returned method values, etc. Line 23 is the dbase_add_record line. Do you know of anywhere there may be an example thanks Labhras "Miles Thompson" <milesthompson@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:5.0.2.1.0.20020704085616.02df1df0@pop1.ns.sympatico.ca... > 1. Please don't cross post. > 2. Which line is #23? > 3. Have you tested to ensure that you have a valid handle? ($db_num) > 4. Have you tried adding error code to see the result of dbase_create(), > dbase_open() > 5. I seem to remember reading in the docs, a long time ago (2 yr) that the > dbase functions were not really reliable and were intended mostly to > extract info for export to another database. I could not be 100% wrong on > that, and I've not worked with the dbase functions in PHP. > > After this reply, please keep this focused on the php-db list. > > Regards - Miles Thompson > > At 12:14 PM 7/4/2002 +0100, labhras sammin wrote: > >Hi I need to use PHP (ver 4 windows) to add a record to a dBase iv database. > > > >I can create, open, read and close a database but when I try to add a > >record I always get the following error: > >Warning: unexpected error in C:\php\phpstuff\addTest1.php on line 23 > > > >Here is the code [shortened] that I use to create the database table, open > >the table, create the record and add the record- the database table has one > >field a 10 char string: > > > >$dbname = "test1.dbf"; > >$dbflag = 2; > >$def = array( array("name", "C", 10)); > >dbase_create($dbname, $def)); > >$db_num = dbase_open($dbname, $dbflag); > >$new_record['name'] = 'xxxxxxxxxx'; > >dbase_add_record ($db_num, $new_record); > > > >any help, advice or code samples would be very appreciated > >thanks > >Labhras > > > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >

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