pg_copy_from
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_copy_from —
Insert records into a table from an array
Description
bool pg_copy_from
( resource $connection
, string $table_name
, array $rows
[, string $delimiter
[, string $null_as
]] )
Parameters
-
connection
-
PostgreSQL database connection resource.
-
table_name
-
Name of the table into which to copy the rows
.
-
rows
-
An array of data to be copied into table_name
.
Each value in rows
becomes a row in table_name
.
Each value in rows
should be a delimited string of the values
to insert into each field. Values should be linefeed terminated.
-
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
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 pg_copy_from() 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);
?>
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