PHP Developer's Dictionary- P80:PHP is an open source, server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language used to create dynamically generated Web pages. With an easy-to-use syntax and a large, extensible library of modules, PHP brings together the best of Perl, C++, and other languages. | PHP Developer s Dictionary Syntax bool dbase_pack int dbase identifier Description The dbase_pack function which is available in PHP and prior along with PHP packs the dBASE file represented by the dbase_identifier parameter. When a record is deleted in dBASE using SQL the record is only marked for deletion and not actually removed. This function causes the record to be removed from the database. dbase_add_record Syntax bool dbase_add_record int dbase identifier array record Description The dbase_add_record function which is available in PHP and prior along with PHP adds a record to the dBASE database specified by the dbase identifier parameter. The record parameter must match the record type of the dBASE database or the call will be unsuccessful and FALSE will be returned. dbase_replace_record Syntax bool dbase_replace_record int dbase identifier array record int dbase record int dbase record number Description The dbase_replace_record function which is available in PHP and prior along with PHP replaces the record at the location specified by the dbase_record_ number parameter in the database referenced by the dbase_identifier parameter. The dbase_record type must match the record it is replacing otherwise the replacement is unsuccessful and FALSE is returned. dbase_delete_record IT-SC book 395 PHP Developer s Dictionary Syntax bool dbase_delete_record int dbase identifier int record Description The dbase delete record function which is available in PHP and prior versions along with PHP marks a record to be deleted from the database referenced by the dbase_identifier parameter. The record is not actually removed from the database until dbase_pack is called. dbase_get_record Syntax array dbase_get_record int dbase identifier int record Description The dbase_get_record function which is available in PHP and prior along with PHP returns the record indicated by the record parameter in the database referenced by .