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<refentry xml:id="function.dba-open" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>dba_open</refname>
<refpurpose>Open database</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>resource</type><methodname>dba_open</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>path</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>handler</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>...</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>dba_open</function> establishes a database instance for
<parameter>path</parameter> with <parameter>mode</parameter> using
<parameter>handler</parameter>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>path</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Commonly a regular path in your filesystem.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>mode</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
It is <literal>r</literal> for read access, <literal>w</literal> for
read/write access to an already existing database, <literal>c</literal>
for read/write access and database creation if it doesn't currently exist,
and <literal>n</literal> for create, truncate and read/write access.
The database is created in BTree mode, other modes (like Hash or Queue)
are not supported.
</para>
<para>
Additionally you can set the database lock method with the next char.
Use <literal>l</literal> to lock the database with a <filename>.lck</filename>
file or <literal>d</literal> to lock the databasefile itself. It is
important that all of your applications do this consistently.
</para>
<para>
If you want to test the access and do not want to wait for the lock
you can add <literal>t</literal> as third character. When you are
absolutely sure that you do not require database locking you can do
so by using <literal>-</literal> instead of <literal>l</literal> or
<literal>d</literal>. When none of <literal>d</literal>,
<literal>l</literal> or <literal>-</literal> is used, dba will lock
on the database file as it would with <literal>d</literal>.
</para>
<note>
<para>
There can only be one writer for one database file. When you use dba on
a web server and more than one request requires write operations they can
only be done one after another. Also read during write is not allowed.
The dba extension uses locks to prevent this. See the following table:
<table>
<title>DBA locking</title>
<tgroup cols="9">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>already open</entry>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "rl"</entry>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "rlt"</entry>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "wl"</entry>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "wlt"</entry>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "rd"</entry>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "rdt"</entry>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "wd"</entry>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "wdt"</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>not open</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "rl"</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>wait</entry>
<entry>false</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "wl"</entry>
<entry>wait</entry>
<entry>false</entry>
<entry>wait</entry>
<entry>false</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "rd"</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>ok</entry>
<entry>wait</entry>
<entry>false</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><parameter>mode</parameter> = "wd"</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>illegal</entry>
<entry>wait</entry>
<entry>false</entry>
<entry>wait</entry>
<entry>false</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<simplelist>
<member>ok: the second call will be successfull.</member>
<member>wait: the second call waits until <function>dba_close</function> is called for the first.</member>
<member>false: the second call returns false.</member>
<member>illegal: you must not mix <literal>"l"</literal> and <literal>"d"</literal> modifiers for <parameter>mode</parameter> parameter.</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>handler</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the <link linkend="dba.requirements">handler</link> which
shall be used for accessing <parameter>path</parameter>. It is passed
all optional parameters given to <function>dba_open</function> and
can act on behalf of them.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>...</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Optional &string; parameters which are passed to the driver.
</para>
<para>
The <literal>cdb</literal>, <literal>cdb_make</literal>, <literal>flatfile</literal>,
<literal>inifile</literal>, <literal>qdbm</literal> and <literal>tcadb</literal> drivers
do not support additional parameters.
</para>
<para>
The <literal>db1</literal>, <literal>db2</literal>, <literal>db3</literal>,
<literal>db4</literal>, <literal>dbm</literal>, <literal>gdbm</literal>,
and <literal>ndbm</literal> drivers supports a single additional parameter <literal>$filemode</literal>,
which has the same meaning as the <literal>$mode</literal> parameter of <function>chmod</function>,
and defaults to <literal>0644</literal>.
</para>
<para>
The <literal>lmdb</literal> driver accepts two additional parameters. The first
allows to specify the <literal>$filemode</literal> (see description above), and the
second to specify the <literal>$mapsize</literal>, where the value should be a multiple
of the page size of the OS, or zero, to use the default mapsize. The <literal>$mapsize</literal>
parameter is supported as of PHP 7.3.14 and 7.4.2, respectively.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns a positive handle on success&return.falseforfailure;.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>7.3.14, 7.4.2</entry>
<entry>
The <literal>lmdb</literal> driver now supports an additional <literal>$mapsize</literal>
parameter.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>dba_popen</function></member>
<member><function>dba_close</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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