PHP dba_handlers function

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dba_handlers

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

dba_handlers — List all the handlers availableDescriptionarray dba_handlers ( [bool full_info] )

dba_handlers() list all the handlers supported by this
extension.

Parameters

full_info

Turns on/off full information display in the result. The default is
FALSE.


Return Values

Returns an array of database handlers. If full_info
is set to TRUE, the array will be associative with the handlers names as
keys, and their version information as value. Otherwise, the result will be
an indexed array of handlers names.

Note:
When the internal cdb library is used you will see
cdb and cdb_make.

Examples

Example 1. dba_handlers() Example

 
echo "Available DBA handlers:\n";
foreach (dba_handlers(true) as $handler_name => $handler_version) {
  // clean the versions
  $handler_version = str_replace('$', '', $handler_version);
  echo " - $handler_name: $handler_version\n";
}

The above example will output
something similar to:

Available DBA handlers:
– cdb: 0.75, Revision: 1.3.2.3
– cdb_make: 0.75, Revision: 1.2.2.4
– db2: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 2.7.7: (08/20/99)
– inifile: 1.0, Revision: 1.6.2.3
– flatfile: 1.0, Revision: 1.5.2.4

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2.26.07 / 1am
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