Name
DBM-Style Database Abstraction
Synopsis
For very simple database installations, you can use the DBM-style database abstraction library. These functions allow you to store records in simple database files. The database files created through this library store simple key/value pairs and are not intended as replacements for full-scale relational databases.
To use these functions, you must install the appropriate
library and compile PHP with the appropriate options: --with-dbm for original Berkeley database
files (see DBM), --with-ndbm for the newer Berkeley
database style, --with-gdbm for
GNU’s version of DBM, --with-db2
or --with-db3 for Sleepycat
Software’s DB2 and DB3, and --with-cdb for Cdb support.
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