php man page for pg_connect

PG_CONNECT(3)															     PG_CONNECT(3)

pg_connect - Open a PostgreSQL connection

SYNOPSIS
       resource pg_connect (string  $connection_string, [int  $connect_type])

DESCRIPTION
       pg_connect(3) opens a connection to a PostgreSQL database specified by the $connection_string.

	If  a  second  call  is  made to pg_connect(3) with the same $connection_string as an existing connection, the existing connection will be
       returned unless you pass PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW as $connect_type.

	The old syntax with multiple parameters $conn = pg_connect("host", "port", "options", "tty", "dbname")	has been deprecated.

PARAMETERS
	      o $connection_string
		- The $connection_string can be empty to use all default parameters, or it can contain one or more parameter settings separated by
		whitespace.  Each  parameter  setting is in the form keyword = value. Spaces around the equal sign are optional. To write an empty
		value or a value containing spaces, surround it with single quotes, e.g., keyword =  'a  value'.  Single  quotes  and  backslashes
		within	the  value  must  be  escaped  with a backslash, i.e., ' and \.  The currently recognized parameter keywords are: $host,
		$hostaddr, $port, $dbname (defaults to value of $user), $user, $password, $connect_timeout, $options,  $tty  (ignored),  $sslmode,
		$requiressl  (deprecated  in  favor of $sslmode), and $service. Which of these arguments exist depends on your PostgreSQL version.
		The $options parameter can be used to set command line parameters to be invoked by the server.

	      o $connect_type
		- If PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW is passed, then a new connection is created, even if the $connection_string is identical to an exist-
		ing connection.

RETURN VALUES
	PostgreSQL connection resource on success, FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Using pg_connect(3)

	      <?php
	      $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=mary");
	      //connect to a database named "mary"

	      $dbconn2 = pg_connect("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=mary");
	      // connect to a database named "mary" on "localhost" at port "5432"

	      $dbconn3 = pg_connect("host=sheep port=5432 dbname=mary user=lamb password=foo");
	      //connect to a database named "mary" on the host "sheep" with a username and password

	      $conn_string = "host=sheep port=5432 dbname=test user=lamb password=bar";
	      $dbconn4 = pg_connect($conn_string);
	      //connect to a database named "test" on the host "sheep" with a username and password

	      $dbconn5 = pg_connect("host=localhost options='--client_encoding=UTF8'");
	      //connect to a database on "localhost" and set the command line parameter which tells the encoding is in UTF-8
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       pg_pconnect(3), pg_close(3), pg_host(3), pg_port(3), pg_tty(3), pg_options(3), pg_dbname(3).

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