XVII. dBase functions
These functions allow you to access records stored in dBase-format
(dbf) databases.
There is no support for indexes or memo fields. There is no
support for locking, too. Two concurrent webserver processes
modifying the same dBase file will very likely ruin your database.
dBase files are simple sequential files of fixed
length records. Records are appended to the end of
the file and delete records are kept until you call
dbase_pack().
We recommend that you do not use dBase files as your production
database. Choose any real SQL server instead; MySQL or Postgres
are common choices with PHP. dBase support is here to allow you to
import and export data to and from your web database, because the
file format is commonly understood by Windows spreadsheets and
organizers.
