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Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

pg_lo_read

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

pg_lo_read — Read a large object

Description

string pg_lo_read ( resource $large_object [, int $len ] )

pg_lo_read() reads at most len bytes from a large object and returns it as a string.

To use the large object interface, it is necessary to enclose it within a transaction block.

Note: This function used to be called pg_loread().

Parameters

large_object

PostgreSQL large object (LOB) resource, returned by pg_lo_open().

len

An optional maximum number of bytes to return. Defaults to 8192.

Return Values

A string containing len bytes from the large object, or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 pg_lo_read() example

<?php
   $doc_oid
= 189762345;
  
$database = pg_connect("dbname=jacarta");
  
pg_query($database, "begin");
  
$handle = pg_lo_open($database, $doc_oid, "r");
  
$data = pg_lo_read($handle, 50000);
  
pg_query($database, "commit");
   echo
$data;
?>

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