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<refentry xml:id="function.dbmfetch" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>dbmfetch</refname>
  <refpurpose>Fetches a value for a key from a DBM database</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>dbmfetch</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>dbm_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>key</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Gets the value associated with the given <parameter>key</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    &dbm.dbm-identifier.description;
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>key</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The key, as a string
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the value associated with <parameter>key</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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