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This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print resulting rows and disconnect from a PostgreSQL database.
Example #1 PostgreSQL extension overview example
<?php
// Connecting, selecting database
$dbconn = pg_connect ( "host=localhost dbname=publishing user=www password=foo" )
or die( 'Could not connect: ' . pg_last_error ());
// Performing SQL query
$query = 'SELECT * FROM authors' ;
$result = pg_query ( $query ) or die( 'Query failed: ' . pg_last_error ());
// Printing results in HTML
echo "<table>\n" ;
while ( $line = pg_fetch_array ( $result , null , PGSQL_ASSOC )) {
echo "\t<tr>\n" ;
foreach ( $line as $col_value ) {
echo "\t\t<td> $col_value </td>\n" ;
}
echo "\t</tr>\n" ;
}
echo "</table>\n" ;
// Free resultset
pg_free_result ( $result );
// Closing connection
pg_close ( $dbconn );
?>