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Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites
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Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites

by Leon Atkinson
August 2000
Intermediate to advanced
800 pages
13h 15m
English
Pearson
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DBM-style Database Abstraction

The DBA functions abstract communications with databases that conform to the style of Berkeley DB database systems. Rather than storing complex records, a DBM database simply stores key/value pairs. This is similar to an associative array.

The functions in this section replace a set of functions that allow just one type of DBM database. These new functions allow for choosing the underlying system from within your PHP code rather than compiling PHP for a single DBM implementation. You choose a type of database when you open a connection, and the rest of the functions perform accordingly. Sascha Schumann added these functions to PHP.

dba_close(integer link)

The dba_close function closes a link to a database. The link ...

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