PHP Manual: Replaces a record in a database

Description

bool dbase_replace_record ( resource $dbase_identifier , array $record , int $record_number )

Replaces the given record in the database with the given data.

Parameters

dbase_identifier: The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open or dbase_create.
record: An indexed array of data. The number of items must be equal to the number of fields in the database, otherwise dbase_replace_record will fail.

Note:
If you're using dbase_get_record return value for this parameter, remember to reset the key named deleted.
record_number: An integer which spans from 1 to the number of records in the database (as returned by dbase_numrecords).

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
dbase 7.0.0	`dbase_identifier` is now a resource instead of an int.

Examples

Example #1 Updating a record in the database


<?php

// open in read-write mode
$db = dbase_open('/tmp/test.dbf', 2);

if ($db) {
  // gets the old row
  $row = dbase_get_record_with_names($db, 1);
  
  // remove the 'deleted' entry
  unset($row['deleted']);
  
  // Update the date field with the current timestamp
  $row['date'] = date('Ymd');
  
  // convert the row to an indexed array
  $row = array_values($row);

  // Replace the record
  dbase_replace_record($db, $row, 1);
  dbase_close($db);
}

?>

Notes

Note:
Boolean fields result in an integer element value (0 or 1) when retrieved via dbase_get_record or dbase_get_record_with_names. If they are written back, this results in the value becoming 0, so care has to be taken to properly adjust the values.

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