(PHP 4, PHP 5)
dba_open — Open database
dba_open() establishes a database instance for
path with mode using
handler.
path
Commonly a regular path in your filesystem.
mode
It is r for read access, w for read/write access to an already existing database, c for read/write access and database creation if it doesn't currently exist, and n for create, truncate and read/write access. The database is created in BTree mode, other modes (like Hash or Queue) are not supported.
Additionally you can set the database lock method with the next char. Use l to lock the database with a .lck file or d to lock the databasefile itself. It is important that all of your applications do this consistently.
If you want to test the access and do not want to wait for the lock you can add t as third character. When you are absolutely sure that you do not require database locking you can do so by using - instead of l or d. When none of d, l or - is used, dba will lock on the database file as it would with d.
Notă:
There can only be one writer for one database file. When you use dba on a web server and more than one request requires write operations they can only be done one after another. Also read during write is not allowed. The dba extension uses locks to prevent this. See the following table:
DBA locking already open mode= "rl"mode= "rlt"mode= "wl"mode= "wlt"mode= "rd"mode= "rdt"mode= "wd"mode= "wdt"not open ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok mode= "rl"ok ok wait false illegal illegal illegal illegal mode= "wl"wait false wait false illegal illegal illegal illegal mode= "rd"illegal illegal illegal illegal ok ok wait false mode= "wd"illegal illegal illegal illegal wait false wait false
- ok: the second call will be successfull.
- wait: the second call waits until dba_close() is called for the first.
- false: the second call returns false.
- illegal: you must not mix "l" and "d" modifiers for
modeparameter.
handler
The name of the handler which
shall be used for accessing path. It is passed
all optional parameters given to dba_open() and
can act on behalf of them.
Returns a positive handle on success sau FALSE în cazul eșecului.
| Versiunea | Descriere |
|---|---|
| 4.3.0 | It's possible to open database files over network connection. However in cases a socket connection will be used (as with http or ftp) the connection will be locked instead of the resource itself. This is important to know since in such cases locking is simply ignored on the resource and other solutions have to be found. |
| 4.3.0 |
Locking and the mode modifiers "l", "d", "-"
and "t" were added.
In previous PHP versions, you must use semaphores to guard against
simultaneous database access for any database handler with the exception
of GDBM. See System V semaphore support.
|
| 4.3.5 | The open mode "c" was broken for several internal handlers and truncated the database instead of appending data to an existent database. Also dbm and ndbm failed on mode "c" in typical configurations (this cannot be fixed). |