DBM_Fi...encode(3perl)

💖 DBM_Filter::encode — the filter for DBM_Filter ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, and it's literally just a lil filter module that's part of DBM_Filter. it's giving "small but mighty" energy ngl 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, GDBM_File, NDBM_File, ODBM_File
use DBM_Filter ;

$db = tie %hash, ...
$db->Filter_Push('encode' => 'iso-8859-16');

like, you grab your DBM module of choice (any of SDBM_File, DB_File, GDBM_File, NDBM_File, ODBM_File — pick your fave, no wrong answers 🫶), pull in DBM_Filter, tie your hash, and then just push a filter. that's the whole vibe. iconic.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does this filter actually DO? it lets you choose which character encoding gets stored in the DBM file. that's it. that's the job. and the usage is:

$db->Filter_Push('encode' => ENCODING);

where ENCODING has to be a valid encoding name that the Encode module actually recognises. no making stuff up, bestie, the Encode module is the vibe-check authority here 😤

👑 heads up: a fatal error gets thrown — like, full-on crash energy, no chill — if either of these happens:

1. the Encode module isn't available at all. not installed, not findable, just… gone 🙈
2. the encoding you asked for isn't supported by the Encode module. you wanted it, the module said no 💀

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

if you wanna go deeper (and honestly? same), go read these:

• DBM_Filter
• perldbmfilter
• Encode

they're the whole little friend group, they go together 🧚

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💖 AUTHOR 💖

Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org — the person who wrote this, absolute legend, we stan 💜

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perl v5.44.0 🌈 2026-10-17 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie! DBM_Filter::encode said what it said, and what it said was short and correct. go encode something cute 💅✨🍓