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dbmnextkey

dbmnextkey -- retrieves the next key from a dbm database

Description

string dbmnextkey(int dbm_identifier, string key);

Returns the next key after key. By calling dbmfirstkey() followed by successive calls to dbmnextkey() it is possible to visit every key/value pair in the dbm database. For example:

Example 1. Visiting every key/value pair in a dbm database.

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  2 $key = dbmfirstkey($dbm_id);
  3 while ($key) {
  4     echo "$key = " . dbmfetch($dbm_id, $key) . "\n";
  5     $key = dbmnextkey($dbm_id, $key);
  6 }
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