dba_fetch

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

dba_fetch — Fetch data specified by key

dba_fetch ( string $key , resource $handle ) : string

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

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

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().

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

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

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