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PG_COPY_TO(3)															     PG_COPY_TO(3)

pg_copy_to - Copy a table to an array

SYNOPSIS
       array pg_copy_to (resource  $connection, string	$table_name, [string  $delimiter], [string  $null_as])

DESCRIPTION
       pg_copy_to(3) copies a table to an array. It issues COPY TO SQL command internally to retrieve records.

PARAMETERS
	      o $connection
		- PostgreSQL database connection resource.

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

	      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
	An array with one element for each line of COPY data. It returns FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      pg_copy_to(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_from(3).

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