dbase_createPHP ManualPrevNextdbase_createdbase_create -- Creates a dBase databaseDescriptionint dbase_create(string filename, array 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 1  2 // "database" name 3 $dbname = "/tmp/test.dbf"; 4  5 // database "definition" 6 $def = 7  array( 8  array("date", "D"), 9  array("name", "C", 50), 10  array("age", "N", 3, 0), 11  array("email", "C", 128), 12  array("ismember", "L") 13  ); 14  15 // creation 16 if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def)) 17  print "<strong>Error!</strong>"; 18  PrevHomeNextdBase functionsUpdbase_open