... 3.0.8 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) dba_open -- Open database . int dba_open ( string path, string mode, string handler [, ...]) . ... path is commonly a regular path in your filesystem. mode is "r" for read access, "w" for read/write access to an already existing database, "c" for read/write access and database creation if it doesn't currently exist, and "n" for create, truncate and read/write access. handler is the name of the handler which shall be used for accessing path . ... dba_popen . ...