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 XVI. Database (dbm-style) Abstraction Layer Functions介绍
    These functions build the foundation for accessing Berkeley DB
    style databases.
    
    This is a general abstraction layer for several file-based databases.
    As such, functionality is limited to a common subset of features
    supported by modern databases such as
    Sleepycat Software's DB2.
    (This is not to be confused with IBM's DB2 software, which is
    supported through the ODBC functions.)
   需求
     The behaviour of various aspects depends on the implementation of the
     underlying database. Functions such as dba_optimize()
     and dba_sync() will do what they promise for one
     database and will do nothing for others. You have to download and install
     supported dba-Handlers.
     表格 1. List of DBA handlers | Handler | Notes | 
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 | dbm | Dbm is the oldest (original) type of Berkeley DB style
         databases. You should avoid it, if possible. We do not support
         the compatibility functions built into DB2 and gdbm, because
         they are only compatible on the source code level, but cannot
         handle the original dbm format. |  | ndbm | Ndbm is a newer type and more flexible than dbm. It still has
         most of the arbitrary limits of dbm (therefore it is
         deprecated). |  | gdbm | Gdbm is the GNU database
         manager. |  | db2 | DB2 is Sleepycat Software's
         DB2. It is described as "a programmatic toolkit that
         provides high-performance built-in database support for both
         standalone and client/server applications. |  | db3 | DB3 is Sleepycat Software's
         DB3. |  | db4 | DB4 is Sleepycat Software's
         DB4. This is available since PHP 4.3.2. |  | cdb | Cdb is "a fast, reliable, lightweight package for creating and
         reading constant databases." It is from the author of qmail and
         can be found at http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html. Since it is
         constant, we support only reading operations. And since PHP 4.3.0
         we support writing (not updating) through the internal cdb library. |  | cdb_make | Since PHP 4.3.0 we support creation (not updating) of cdb files 
         when the bundled cdb library is used. |  | flatfile | This is available since PHP 4.3.0 for compatibility with the deprecated
         dbm extension only and should be avoided. 
         However you may use this where files were created in this format. That
         happens when configure could not find any external library. |  | inifile | This is available since PHP 4.3.3 to be able to modify php.ini files 
         from within PHP scripts. When working with ini files you can pass arrays 
         of the form array(0=>group,1=>value_name) or strings of the form 
         "[group]value_name" where group is optional. As the functions 
         dba_firstkey() and dba_nextkey()
         return string representations of the key there is a new function
         dba_key_split() available since PHP 5 which allows
         to convert the string keys into array keys without loosing FALSE. |  | qdbm | This is available since PHP 5.0.0. The qdbm library can be loaded from
         http://qdbm.sourceforge.net. | 
     When invoking the dba_open() or
     dba_popen() functions, one of the
     handler names must be supplied as an argument. The actually
     available list of handlers is displayed by invoking
     phpinfo() or dba_handlers().
    安装
  By using the --enable-dba=shared
  configuration option you can build a dynamic loadable module to enable PHP
  for basic support of dbm-style databases. You also have to add support
  for at least one of the following handlers by specifying the
  --with-XXXX configure switch to your PHP configure
  line.
  | 警告 |  | 
   After configuring and compiling PHP you must execute the following test
   from commandline: php run-tests.php ext/dba. This shows
   whether your combination of handlers works. Most problematic are 
   dbm and ndbm which conflict with
   many installations. The reason for this is that on several systems these
   libraries are part of more than one other library. The configuration test
   only prevents you from configuring malfaunctioning single handlers but not 
   combinations.
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   表格 2. Supported DBA handlers | Handler | Configure Switch | 
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 | dbm | To enable support for dbm add
       --with-dbm[=DIR]. 注: 
         dbm normally is a wrapper which often results in failures.
         This means you should only use dbm if you are sure it works
         and if you really need this format.
        
 |  | ndbm | To enable support for ndbm add
       --with-ndbm[=DIR]. 注: 
         ndbm normally is a wrapper which often results in failures.
         This means you should only use ndbm if you are sure it works
         and if you really need this format.
        
 |  | gdbm | To enable support for gdbm add
       --with-gdbm[=DIR]. |  | db2 | To enable support for db2 add
       --with-db2[=DIR]. 注: 
         db2 conflicts with db3 and db4.
        
 |  | db3 | To enable support for db3 add
       --with-db3[=DIR]. 注: 
         db3 conflicts with db2 and db4.
        
 |  | db4 | To enable support for db4 add
       --with-db4[=DIR]. 注: 
         db4 conflicts with db2 and db3.
        
注: 
         This was added in PHP 4.3.2. In earlier versions of PHP you need to use
         --with-db3=DIR with DIR being the
         path to db4 library. It is not possible to use db versions starting 
         from 4.1 with PHP prior to version 4.3.0. Also, the db libraries with
         versions 4.1 through 4.1.24 cannot be used in any PHP version.
        
 |  | cdb | To enable support for cdb add
       --with-cdb[=DIR]. 注: 
         Since PHP 4.3.0 you can omit DIR to use the bundled cdb library 
         that adds the cdb_make handler which allows creation of cdb files
         and allows to access cdb files on the network using PHP's streams.
        
 |  | flatfile | To enable support for flatfile add
       --with-flatfile. 注: 
         This was added in PHP 4.3.0 to add compatibility with deprecated
         dbm extension. Use this handler only
         when you cannot install one of the libraries required by the other
         handlers and when you cannot use bundled cdb handler.
        
 |  | inifile | To enable support for inifile add
       --with-inifile. 注: 
         This was added in PHP 5.0.0 and allows to read and set microsoft style
         ini files (like the php.ini file).
        
 |  | qdbm | To enable support for qdbm add
       --with-qdbm[=DIR]. 注: 
         qdbm conflicts with dbm and gdbm.
        
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注: 
    Up to PHP 4.3.0 you are able to add both db2 and db3 handler but only one
    of them can be used internally. That means that you cannot have both file 
    formats. Starting with PHP 5.0.0 there is a configuration check avoid such
    missconfigurations.
   
资源类型
    The functions dba_open() and
    dba_popen() return a handle to the specified
    database file to access which is used by all other dba-function calls.
    范例
       | 例子 1. DBA example | 
<?php
 $id = dba_open("/tmp/test.db", "n", "db2");
 
 if (!$id) {
 echo "dba_open failed\n";
 exit;
 }
 
 dba_replace("key", "This is an example!", $id);
 
 if (dba_exists("key", $id)) {
 echo dba_fetch("key", $id);
 dba_delete("key", $id);
 }
 
 dba_close($id);
 ?>
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     DBA is binary safe and does not have any arbitrary limits.
     However, it inherits all limits set by the underlying
     database implementation.
     
     All file-based databases must provide a way of setting the file
     mode of a new created database, if that is possible at all. The
     file mode is commonly passed as the fourth argument to
     dba_open() or dba_popen().
     
     You can access all entries of a database in a linear way by using the
     dba_firstkey() and dba_nextkey()
     functions. You may not change the database while traversing it.
     
      | 例子 2. Traversing a database | 
<?php
 // ...open database...
 
 $key = dba_firstkey($id);
 
 while ($key != false) {
 if (true) {          // remember the key to perform some action later
 $handle_later[] = $key;
 }
 $key = dba_nextkey($id);
 }
 
 for ($i = 0; $i < count($handle_later); $i++) {
 dba_delete($handle_later[$i], $id);
 }
 
 ?>
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