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For each column in the database, there is an entry in a numerically-indexed array. The array index starts at 0. Each array element contains an associative array of column information. If the database header information cannot be read, <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >FALSE</B ></TT > is returned. </P ><P > The array elements are: <P ></P ><DIV CLASS="variablelist" ><DL ><DT >name</DT ><DD ><P > The name of the column </P ></DD ><DT >type</DT ><DD ><P > The human-readable name for the dbase type of the column (i.e. date, boolean, etc) </P ></DD ><DT >length</DT ><DD ><P > The number of bytes this column can hold </P ></DD ><DT >precision</DT ><DD ><P > The number of digits of decimal precision for the column </P ></DD ><DT >format</DT ><DD ><P > A suggested <A HREF="function.printf.html" ><B CLASS="function" >printf()</B ></A > format specifier for the column </P ></DD ><DT >offset</DT ><DD ><P > The byte offset of the column from the start of the row </P ></DD ></DL ></DIV > </P ><P > <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" CLASS="EXAMPLE" ><TR ><TD ><DIV CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN18075" ></A ><P ><B >Exemplu 1. Showing header information for a dBase database file</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" CELLPADDING="5" ><TR ><TD ><code><font color="#000000"> <font color="#0000BB"><?php<br /></font><font color="#FF8000">// Path to dbase file<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">$db_path </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#DD0000">"/tmp/test.dbf"</font><font color="#007700">;<br /><br /></font><font color="#FF8000">// Open dbase file<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">$dbh </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#0000BB">dbase_open</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">$db_path</font><font color="#007700">)<br /> or die(</font><font color="#DD0000">"Error! Could not open dbase database file '$db_path'."</font><font color="#007700">);<br /><br /></font><font color="#FF8000">// Get column information<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">$column_info </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#0000BB">dbase_get_header_info</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">$dbh</font><font color="#007700">);<br /><br /></font><font color="#FF8000">// Display information<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">print_r</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">$column_info</font><font color="#007700">);<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">?></font> </font> </code></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.dbase-delete-record.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Înapoi</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Acasã</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.dbase-get-record-with-names.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Înainte</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >dbase_delete_record</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ref.dbase.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Sus</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >dbase_get_record_with_names</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >