These functions allow you to access records stored
in dBase-format (dbf) databases.
There is no support for indexes or memo fields.
There is no support for locking, too. Two concurrent
webserver processes modifying the same dBase file will
very likely ruin your database.
dBase files are simple sequential files of fixed
length records. Records are appended to the end of the
file and delete records are kept until you call
dbase_pack().
We recommend that you do not use dBase files as
your production database. Choose any real SQL server
instead; MySQL or Postgres are common choices with PHP.
dBase support is here to allow you to import and export
data to and from your web database, because the file
format is commonly understood by Windows spreadsheets
and organizers.