# dbminsert

(PHP 4)

dbminsert — Inserts a value for a key in a DBM database

### Description

int dbminsert ( resource `$dbm_identifier` , string `$key` , string `$value` )

Adds the value to the database with the specified key.

### Parameters

`dbm_identifier`

  The DBM link identifier, returned by dbmopen().

`key`

  The added key

`value`

  The added key value

### Return Values

Returns -1 if the database was opened read-only, 0 if the insert was successful, and 1 if the specified key already exists. (To replace the value, use dbmreplace().)

### See Also

- dbmreplace()
- dbmdelete()