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# dbase_open

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

dbase_open -- Opens a database

## Description

int dbase_open ( string filename, int mode )

dbase_open() opens a dBase database with the given access mode.

> Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories you are about to operate on have the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.

> Note: This function is affected by open_basedir.

## Parameters

filename

  The name of the database. It can be a relative or absolute path to the file where dBase will store your data.

mode

  An integer which correspond to those for the open() system call (Typically 0 means read-only, 1 means write-only, and 2 means read and write).

  > Note: You can't open a dBase file in write-only mode as the function will fail to read the headers information and thus you can't use 1 as mode.

## Examples

Example 1. Opening a dBase database file
`<?php // open in read-only mode $db = dbase_open('/tmp/test.dbf', 0); if ($db) { // read some data .. dbase_close($db); } ?>`

## Return Values

Returns a database link identifier if the database is successfully opened, or `FALSE` if an error occurred.

## See Also

dbase_create()
dbase_close()

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