dba_popen

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

dba_popen — Open database persistently

Description

dba_popen(
    string $path,
    string $mode,
    ?string $handler = null,
    int $permission = 0644,
    int $map_size = 0,
    ?int $flags = null
): resource|false

dba_popen() establishes a persistent database instance for path with mode using handler.

Parameters

path

Commonly a regular path in your filesystem.

mode

It is r for read access, w for read/write access to an already existing database, c for read/write access and database creation if it doesn't currently exist, and n for create, truncate and read/write access.

handler

The name of the handler which shall be used for accessing path. It is passed all optional parameters given to dba_popen() and can act on behalf of them. If handler is null, then the default handler is invoked.

permission

Optional int parameter which is passed to the driver. It has the same meaning as the permissions parameter of chmod(), and defaults to 0644.

The db1, db2, db3, db4, dbm, gdbm, ndbm, and lmdb drivers support the permission parameter.

map_size

Optional int parameter which is passed to the driver. Its value should be a multiple of the page size of the OS, or zero, to use the default mapsize.

The lmdb driver accepts the map_size parameter.

flags

Allows to pass flags to the DB drivers. Currently, only LMDB with DBA_LMDB_USE_SUB_DIR and DBA_LMDB_NO_SUB_DIR are supported.

Return Values

Returns a positive handle on success or false on failure.

Errors/Exceptions

false is returned and an E_WARNING level error is issued when handler is null, but there is no default handler.

Changelog

Version Description
8.2.0 flags is added.
8.1.0 handler is now nullable.
7.3.14, 7.4.2 The lmdb driver now supports an additional map_size parameter.

See Also