pg_copy_to

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

pg_copy_to — Copy a table to an array

Description

array pg_copy_to ( resource $connection , string $table_name [, string $delimiter [, string $null_as ]] )

pg_copy_to() copies a table to an array. It issues COPY TO SQL command internally to retrieve records.

Parameters

connection: PostgreSQL database connection resource.
table_name: Name of the table from which to copy the data into rows .
delimiter: The token that separates values for each field in each element of rows . Default is TAB.
null_as: How SQL NULL values are represented in the rows . Default is \N ("\\N").

Return Values

An array with one element for each line of COPY data. It returns FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example#1 pg_copy_to() example


<?php
   $db = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
   
   $rows = pg_copy_to($db, $table_name);
   
   pg_query($db, "DELETE FROM $table_name");
   
   pg_copy_from($db, $table_name, $rows);
?>

See Also

pg_copy_from()