Not able to open function db_open()

zen24

error is coming as :
Fatal error: Call to undefined function db_open() in C:\wamp\www\addingdatatodatabase.php on line 9

Plz provide the solution..

thanks in advance..the code is..

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Adding Items to a DBM database</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Adding products now...

<?php
$dbh = db_open( "./data/products", "c" ) or die( "Couldn't open DBM" );

dbminsert( $dbh, "Riana" , "28" );
dbminsert( $dbh, "Samuel" , "29" );
dbminsert( $dbh, "Jeni" , "27" );
dbminsert( $dbh, "Caly" , "31" );

dbmclose( $dbh );

?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

traq

[font=monospace]db_open()[/font] doesn't exist in PHP (nor do [font=monospace]dbminsert()[/font] and [font=monospace]dbmclose()[/font]).

Are these functions defined anywhere in your script?

If you're trying to follow a tutorial (?), please post a link to it.

[edit] Actually, are you trying to use the DBM extension? It is long-deprecated, and, AFAICT, was removed in version 5.

Maybe you should look at the [man]DBA[/man] extension? However, there seem to be a lot of problems inherent in this kind of database (some of which the manual explicitly calls "unfixable").

Alternatively, something like [man]SQLite[/man] might be useful for you.

zen24

thanks traq..the toatal code is this much only ..and i have taken from book Learn php in 24hrs by sam..
traq cud u tell me the other way to create database as for as i know..

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

if (mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE my_db",$con))
{
echo "Database created";
}
else
{
echo "Error creating database: " . mysql_error();
}

mysql_close($con);

Plz do tell me here how to create a new user ID and passwd in
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");

traq

Cud u plz uze reel wrods and chk ur speeling ?

Yes, I'd be happy to help. Do you have an existing MySQL database and user account?