px_set_parameter

Sets a parameter

Description

bool px_set_parameter ( resource $pxdoc , string $name , string $value )

Sets various parameters.

Parameters

pxdoc

Resource identifier of the paradox database as returned by px_new.

name

Depending on the parameter you want to set, name can be one of the following.

tablename

The name of the table as it will be stored in the database header.

targetencoding

The encoding for the output. Data which is being read from character fields is recoded into the targetencoding.

inputencoding

The encoding of the input data which is to be stored into the database.

value

The value of parameter to set. For inputencoding and targetencoding this must be the name of the encoding as understood by iconv or recode, e.g. iso-8859-1, utf-8, cp850.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

See Also

  • px_get_info to determine the DOS code page.