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string dba_fetch ( string $key , resource $handle )

string dba_fetch ( string $key , int $skip , resource $handle )

dba_fetch() fetches the data specified by key from the database specified with handle .

key: The key the data is specified by.

Note: When working with inifiles this function accepts arrays as keys where index 0 is the group and index 1 is the value name. See: dba_key_split().
skip: 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.
handle: The database handler, returned by dba_open() or dba_popen().

Returns the associated string if the key/data pair is found, FALSE otherwise.

Version	Description
4.3	The `skip` parameter is available to support cdb's capability of multiple keys having the same name.

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