int dbase_create(string filename, array fields);The fields parameter is an array of arrays, each array describing the format of one field in the database. Each field consists of a name, a character indicating the field type, a length, and a precision.
The types of fields available are:
Boolean. These do not have a length or precision.
Memo. (Note that these aren't supported by PHP.) These do not have a length or precision.
Date (stored as YYYYMMDD). These do not have a length or precision.
Number. These have both a length and a precision (the number of digits after the decimal point).
String.
If the database is successfully created, a dbase_identifier is returned, otherwise false is returned.
Example 1. Creating a dBase database file
// "database" name
$dbname = "/tmp/test.dbf";
// database "definition"
$def =
array(
array("date", "D"),
array("name", "C", 50),
array("age", "N", 3, 0),
array("email", "C", 128),
array("ismember", "L")
);
// creation
if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def))
print "<strong>Error!</strong>";
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