Docs For Class abook

Description

Address book in a database backend

Backend for personal/shared address book stored in a database, accessed using the DB-classes in PEAR.

IMPORTANT: The PEAR modules must be in the include path for this class to work.

An array with the following elements must be passed to the class constructor (elements marked ? are optional):

   dsn       => database DNS (see PEAR for syntax)
   table     => table to store addresses in (must exist)
   owner     => current user (owner of address data)
 ? name      => name of address book
 ? writeable => set writeable flag (true/false)
 ? listing   => enable/disable listing

The table used should have the following columns: owner, nickname, firstname, lastname, email, label The pair (owner,nickname) should be unique (primary key).

NOTE. This class should not be used directly. Use the "AddressBook" class instead.

Located in /functions/abook_database.php (line 58)

addressbook_backend
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   --abook_database

Variable Summary

string $bname

string $btype

resource $dbh

string $dsn

bool $listing

string $owner

string $table

bool $writeable

Method Summary

abook_database abook_database (array $param)

bool add (array $userdata)

void close ()

array list_addr ()

array lookup (string $alias)

bool modify (string $alias, array $userdata)

bool open ([bool $new = false])

bool remove (array $alias)

array search (string $expr)

Variables

string $bname = 'database' (line 68)

Backend name

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::$bname: Internal backend name

string $btype = 'local' (line 63)

Backend type

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::$btype: Backend type

resource $dbh = false (line 91)

Database Handle

string $dsn = '' (line 74)

Data Source Name (connection description)

bool $listing = true (line 101)

Enable/disable address book listing

string $owner = '' (line 86)

Owner name

Limits list of database entries visible to end user

string $table = '' (line 79)

Table that stores addresses

bool $writeable = true (line 96)

Enable/disable writing into address book

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::$writeable: Writeable flag

Inherited Variables

Inherited from addressbook_backend

addressbook_backend::$bnum
addressbook_backend::$error
addressbook_backend::$sname

Methods

Constructor abook_database (line 109)

Constructor

abook_database abook_database (array $param)

array $param: address book backend options

add (line 344)

Add address

bool add (array $userdata)

array $userdata: added data

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::add(): Add entry to backend

close (line 192)

Close the file and forget the filehandle

void close ()

list_addr (line 305)

List all addresses

return: search results

array list_addr ()

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::list_addr(): List all entries in backend

lookup (line 267)

Lookup alias

return: search results

array lookup (string $alias)

string $alias: alias

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::lookup(): Find entry in backend by alias

modify (line 425)

Modify address

bool modify (string $alias, array $userdata)

string $alias: modified alias
array $userdata: new data

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::modify(): Modify entry in backend

open (line 158)

Open the database.

bool open ([bool $new = false])

bool $new: new connection if it is true

remove (line 387)

Deletes address book entries

bool remove (array $alias)

array $alias: aliases that have to be deleted. numerical array with nickname values

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::remove(): Remove entry from backend

search (line 207)

Search the database

Backend supports only * and ? wildcards. Complex eregs are not supported. Search is case insensitive.

return: search results. boolean false on error

array search (string $expr)

string $expr: search expression

Redefinition of:

addressbook_backend::search(): Search for entries in backend

Inherited Methods

Inherited From addressbook_backend

addressbook_backend::add()
addressbook_backend::fullname()
addressbook_backend::list_addr()
addressbook_backend::lookup()
addressbook_backend::modify()
addressbook_backend::remove()
addressbook_backend::search()
addressbook_backend::set_error()

Class abook_database

Inherited Variables

Inherited Methods