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This library/extension for PHP implements basic functions to access database files created with Micro Focus Cobol (.dat e .idx files). These files .dat and .idx are created by the engine of Micro Focus Cobol and contains respectively raw records (in sequential format) and index in order to get direct access to records of table.

At the moment the extension is tested with fixed length record (most useful in MF Cobol archives).

The functions implementation is similar to other php extension to database access as dba* functions. All functions are identified by suffix mfcdb_ + function name:

Function Name	Task	Status of Implementation
mfcdb_key	Declare a key to use in a table
mfcdb_create	Create a new table
mfcdb_open	Open a table
mfcdb_close	Close a table
mfcdb_insert	Insert new record
mfcdb_replace	Replace a record
mfcdb_delete	Delete a record
mfcdb_fetch	Get the record pointed by key
mfcdb_exists	Verify if a record exists in table
mfcdb_start	Select a index and a starting point to reading
mfcdb_curr	Read current record after a mfcdb_start
mfcdb_next	Read next record after a mfcdb_start
mfcdb_prev	Read previous record after a mfcdb_start
mfcdb_get_info	Get information about table struct and keys declared
mfcdb_error	Get last error
mfcdb_comp3encode	Encode a string in COMP-3 format
mfcdb_comp3decode	Decode data from COMP-3 format