Where can I download php_dbm.dll

[Anon]

I am currently learning PHP, and have now started on databases. I have done numerous searches on my PC, and on the Internet to try and find the necessary file, but to no avail.

When I have this code:

$database = dba_open( "./data/mobile", "c", "db3" ) or die( "Couldn't open database" );

or this code:

$database = dba_open( "./data/mobile", "c", "gdbm" ) or die( "Couldn't open database" );

They give me these errors (respectively):

Warning: driver initialization failed in c:\web\code\hour11\tmp.php on line 15

Warning: no such handler: gdbm in c:\web\code\hour11\tmp.php on line 15

Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Or is it just that I don't have the required extension?

If it's only a case of a missing file, could someone please direct me to where I can download it.

OS: Windows XP Pro
Server: Apache 1.3.23
PHP: 4.1.2

Jesse Walker

[Anon]

No worries. The problem was that I had to specify the extension of the database, e.g. $database = dba_open( "./data/mobile.dbm", "c", "db3" ) or die( "Couldn't open database" );

I think the book's example is made to run on a *nix server, and that DBM DBs have problems on Windows if you don't provide an extension of the DB.

Jesse Walker