# dbase_open

(PHP 5 < 5.3.0, dbase 5, dbase 7)

dbase_open — Opens a database

### Descripción

dbase_open(string `$path`, int `$mode`): resource|false

dbase_open() opens a dBase database with the given access mode.

> Nota:

> Esta función se ve afectada por open_basedir.

### Parámetros

`path`

  The path of the database. It can be a relative or absolute path to the file where dBase will store your data.

`mode`

  An integer which correspond to those for the open() system call (Typically 0 means read-only, 1 means write-only, and 2 means read and write).

  > Nota:

  > You can't open a dBase file in write-only mode as the function will fail to read the headers information and thus you can't use 1 as `mode`.

  As of dbase 7.0.0 you can use `DBASE_RDONLY` and `DBASE_RDWR`, respectively, to specify the `mode`.

### Valores devueltos

Returns a database resource on success, o `false` en caso de error.

### Historial de cambios

Versión | Descripción
--- | ---
dbase 7.0.0 | The return value is now a resource instead of an int.

### Ejemplos

Ejemplo #1 Opening a dBase database file

`<?php
// open in read-only mode
$db = dbase_open('/tmp/test.dbf', 0);
if ($db) {
// read some data ..
dbase_close($db);
}
?>`

### Ver también

- dbase_create() - Creates a database
- dbase_close() - Closes a database