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);
?>