PHP: pg_copy_from function - Insert records into a table from an array

Description

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

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

Parameters

connection: PostgreSQL database connection resource.
table_name: Name of the table into which to copy the rows .
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.
delimiter: The token that separates values for each field in each element of rows . Default is TAB.
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() 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);
?>

pg_copy_from

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