php man page for pg_copy_from

PG_COPY_FROM(3) 														   PG_COPY_FROM(3)

pg_copy_from - Insert records into a table from an array

SYNOPSIS
       bool pg_copy_from (resource  $connection, string  $table_name, array  $rows, [string  $delimiter], [string  $null_as])

DESCRIPTION
       pg_copy_from(3) inserts records into a table from $rows. It issues a COPY FROM SQL command internally to insert records.

PARAMETERS
	      o $connection
		- PostgreSQL database connection resource.

	      o $table_name
		- Name of the table into which to copy the $rows.

	      o $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.

	      o $delimiter
		- The token that separates values for each field in each element of $rows. Default is TAB.

	      o $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(3) 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);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       pg_copy_to(3).

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