dbase_get_header_info
Gets the header info of a database
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arraydbase_get_header_info
intdbase_identifier
Returns information on the column structure of the given database link
identifier.
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dbase_identifier
The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open
or dbase_create.
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An indexed array with an entry for each column in the database. The array index
starts at 0.
Each array element contains an associative array of column information, as
described here:
name
The name of the column
type
The human-readable name for the dbase type of the column (i.e. date,
boolean, etc.)
length
The number of bytes this column can hold
precision
The number of digits of decimal precision for the column
format
A suggested printf format specifier for the column
offset
The byte offset of the column from the start of the row
If the database header information cannot be read, &false; is returned.
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Showing header information for a dBase database file
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