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);
?>