ptb_addField

Adds $newFieldname as a new field to the $filename. If the $newFieldname already exists, it is, of course, not added.–You probably want to use this function only in some sort of database managment script.

Syntax

Syntax description

$filename

name of file containing the database

$location

location of $filename; can be:

G

globally defined (in ptb_ini.php) directory

L

local directory (ie. the same where script calling ptb_connect is placed)

<path>

other, defined directory, eg. /samples/db (no trailing slash)

F

filename (ie. absolute or relative path without DOCUMENT_ROOT dependency)

$newFieldname

name of the new field

$defaultValue

optional: value for the new field (default is null)

Return

This function returns true on success and null (=false) on failure.

Sample(s)

Add new field french to the christie.csv file and set its value to 1 for all the records:

See also:

ptb_delField • ptb_changeFieldname