pg_copy_from
Insert records into a table from an array
Description
bool pg_copy_from(
PgSql\Connection $connection
,
string $table_name
,
array $rows
,
string $separator
= "\t",
string $null_as
= "\\\\N"
)
Parameters
-
connection
-
An PgSql\Connection instance.
-
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.
-
separator
-
The token that separates values for each field in each element of
rows
. Default is \t
.
-
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);
?>