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# dbase_replace_record

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.11, PHP 4, PHP 5)

dbase_replace_record -- Replaces a record in a database

## Description

bool dbase_replace_record ( int dbase_identifier, array record, int record_number )

Replaces the given record in the database with the given data.

## Parameters

dbase_identifier

  The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open() or dbase_create().

record

  An indexed array of data. The number of items must be equal to the number of fields in the database, otherwise dbase_add_record() will fail.

  > Note: If you're using dbase_get_record() return value for this parameter, remember to reset the key named deleted.

record_number

  An integer which spans from 1 to the number of records in the database (as returned by dbase_numrecords()).

## Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

## Examples

Example 1. Updating a record in the database
`<?php // open in read-write mode $db = dbase_open('/tmp/test.dbf', 2); if ($db) { // gets the old row $row = dbase_get_record_with_names($db, 1); // remove the 'deleted' entry unset($row['deleted']); // Update the date field with the current timestamp $row['date'] = date('Ymd'); // Replace the record dbase_replace_record($db, $row, 1); dbase_close($db); } ?>`

## See Also

dbase_add_record()
dbase_delete_record()

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