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<refentry xml:id="function.dba-handlers" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>dba_handlers</refname>
  <refpurpose>List all the handlers available</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>dba_handlers</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>full_info</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>dba_handlers</function> list all the handlers supported by this
   extension.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>full_info</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Turns on/off full information display in the result. The default is
       &false;.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an array of database handlers. If <parameter>full_info</parameter>
   is set to &true;, the array will be associative with the handlers names as
   keys, and their version information as value. Otherwise, the result will be
   an indexed array of handlers names.  
  </para>
  <note>
   <para>
    When the internal cdb library is used you will see 
    <literal>cdb</literal> and <literal>cdb_make</literal>.
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>dba_handlers</function> Example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

echo "Available DBA handlers:\n";
foreach (dba_handlers(true) as $handler_name => $handler_version) {
  // clean the versions
  $handler_version = str_replace('$', '', $handler_version);
  echo " - $handler_name: $handler_version\n";
}

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Available DBA handlers:
 - cdb: 0.75, Revision: 1.3.2.3 
 - cdb_make: 0.75, Revision: 1.2.2.4 
 - db2: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 2.7.7: (08/20/99)
 - inifile: 1.0, Revision: 1.6.2.3 
 - flatfile: 1.0, Revision: 1.5.2.4 
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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