ptb_write

Writes database to a file. Useful, when you made some operations on a database (like selecting, sorting etc.) and want to save the result.

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)

$table

variable containing the database (array)

$security

optional: 1 (default value) if file should have security string in its first line; otherwise 0

Return

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