Mdb Heeeelp!!!

Anon

HI
What can I do with this error
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: dbmopen() in C:\php\index.php on line 11

and ths is the script

$dbh=dbmopen("./data/prouducts","w")or die ("couldn't open dbm");
dbminsert($dbh,"avi","55.50");
dbmclose($dbh);

this is my first script' so i need help

thanks

junebug

the error message is telling you that the function dbmopen() does not exist. looking at the manual, this function is supported in php3 & php4 so i would suggest looking closely at the error message and your script and see if you misspelled the function. perhaps you called dmbopen() or something of that sort.

cthulhu

Did you compile with
--with-db
?
using <?=phpinfo()?> should tell you this.

Anon

can u please send me a short script that open an Mdb database??
sorry but your unswer wasn't clear 4 me because i'm new in this languige...
thanks
avi...

cthulhu

I think that if PHP reports that dbmopen() is not a function then your version of PHP was not compiled with the --with-db option. This will include all the dbm functions, otherwise you can't use them.

To find out if you have this option include this in a php document:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

and open it in a browser. Near the top should be an item 'Configure Command'. Next to it it should list what PHP was configured with. If '--with-db' doesn't show up you can use dbmopen() until you recompile using the '--with-db' option.

PHP talks about it here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.dbm.php

If you didn't compile your PHP yourself, and don't want to learn how, you are going to have to find a PHP package someone has built that was compiled using this parameter.

This site has some great comments by people where you can find good pre-compiled versions of PHP. Just do a search for '--with-db' and possibly whatever OS/Webserver you are using (IIS/Win?). If you can't find a package, compiling the source really isn't so bad, but you'll need a C compiler. I dont think windows comes with one, but Linux/Solaris should.

Hope this helps

Good luck