pg_unescape_bytea

Unescape binary for bytea type

Description

string pg_unescape_bytea(string $string)

pg_unescape_bytea unescapes PostgreSQL bytea data values. It returns the unescaped string, possibly containing binary data.

Note:

When you SELECT a bytea type, PostgreSQL returns octal byte values prefixed with '\' (e.g. \032). Users are supposed to convert back to binary format manually.

Parameters

string

A string containing PostgreSQL bytea data to be converted into a PHP binary string.

Return Values

A string containing the unescaped data.

Examples

Example #1 pg_unescape_bytea example

<?php 
  // Connect to the database
  $dbconn = pg_connect('dbname=foo');
  
  // Get the bytea data
  $res = pg_query("SELECT data FROM gallery WHERE name='Pine trees'");  
  $raw = pg_fetch_result($res, 'data');
  
  // Convert to binary and send to the browser
  header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
  echo pg_unescape_bytea($raw);
?>

See Also

  • pg_escape_bytea
  • pg_escape_string