dba_fetch

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

dba_fetch — Fetch data specified by key

Description

string dba_fetch ( string $key , resource $handle )

string dba_fetch ( string $key , int $skip , resource $handle )

dba_fetch() fetches the data specified by key from the database specified with handle.

Parameters

key

The key the data is specified by.

Note:

When working with inifiles this function accepts arrays as keys where index 0 is the group and index 1 is the value name. See: dba_key_split().

skip

The number of key-value pairs to ignore when using cdb databases. This value is ignored for all other databases which do not support multiple keys with the same name.

handle

The database handler, returned by dba_open() or dba_popen().

Return Values

Returns the associated string if the key/data pair is found, FALSE otherwise.

Changelog

Version	Description
4.3	The skip parameter is available to support cdb's capability of multiple keys having the same name.

See Also

• dba_exists() - Check whether key exists
• dba_delete() - Delete DBA entry specified by key
• dba_insert() - Insert entry
• dba_replace() - Replace or insert entry
• dba_key_split() - Splits a key in string representation into array representation