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dbmfetch

Name

dbmfetch — Retrieves a key value.

Synopsis

string dbmfetch(identifier, key); int identifier: DBM identifier string key: DBM key

Returns

Key value; FALSE if the specified key doesn't exist

Description

Retrieves the value of the specified key from the DBM file.

Version

Existing since version 3.0

Example

Example 236. Retrieve two values

// uses file from dbminsert() example
if (!$dbm = dbmopen("testdb", "r")) {
    echo "Could not open DBM file!\n";
}
$a = dbmfetch($dbm, "a");
$b = dbmfetch($dbm, "b");
dbmclose($dbm);
echo "a = $a and b = $b\n";

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