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<refentry xml:id="function.dba-fetch" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>dba_fetch</refname>
  <refpurpose>Fetch data specified by key</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>dba_fetch</methodname>
   <methodparam><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>array</type></type><parameter>key</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>dba</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>skip</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <simpara>
   Overloaded signature deprecated as of 8.3.0:
  </simpara>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>dba_fetch</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>key</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>skip</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>dba</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>dba_fetch</function> fetches the data specified by
   <parameter>key</parameter> from the database specified with
   <parameter>dba</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>key</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The key the data is specified by.
      </para>
      <note>
       <para>
        When working with inifiles this function accepts arrays as keys
        where index 0 is the group and index 1 is the value name. See:
        <function>dba_key_split</function>.
       </para>
      </note>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>dba</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The database handler, returned by <function>dba_open</function> or
       <function>dba_popen</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>skip</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The number of key-value pairs to ignore when using cdb databases.
       This value is ignored for all other databases which do not support
       multiple keys with the same name.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the associated string if the key/data pair is found, &false; 
   otherwise.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>8.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       Calling <function>dba_fetch</function> with <parameter>dba</parameter> as
       the 3rd argument is now deprecated.
      </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry>8.2.0</entry>
      <entry>
       <function>dba_fetch</function>'s optional skip argument is now at the end
       in line with PHP userland semantics. The previously overloaded signature
       is still accepted but discouraged.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>dba_exists</function></member>
    <member><function>dba_delete</function></member>
    <member><function>dba_insert</function></member>
    <member><function>dba_replace</function></member>
    <member><function>dba_key_split</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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