Add information about flatfile and minor corrections

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Marcus Boerger 2002-11-06 09:24:29 +00:00
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
<reference id="ref.dba">
<title>Database (dbm-style) abstraction layer functions</title>
<titleabbrev>dba</titleabbrev>
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</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>cdb_make</literal></entry>
<entry>
Since PHP4.3 we support creation (not updating) of cdb files
when the bundeled cdb library is used.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>flatfile</literal></entry>
<entry>
This is available since PHP 4.3 for compatibility with the deprecated
<link linkend="ref.db">db</link> extension only and should be avoided.
However you may use this where files were created in this format. That
happens when configure could not find any external library.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
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<option role="configure">--with-cdb[=DIR]</option>.
<note>
<para>
Since PHP 4.3 you can omit DIR to use the internal cdb library
Since PHP 4.3 you can omit DIR to use the bundeled cdb library
that adds the cdb_make handler which allows creation of cdb files
and allows to access cdb files on the network using php's streams.
</para>
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</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>flatfile</literal></entry>
<entry>
To enable support for flatfile add
<option role="configure">--with-flatfile</option>.
<note>
<para>
This was added in PHP 4.3 to add compatibility with deprecated
<link linkend="ref.db">db</link> extension. Uee this handler only
when you cannot install one of the libraries required by the other
handlers and when you cannot use bundeled cdb handler.
</para>
</note>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>