(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_copy_from — Insert records into a table from an array
pg_copy_from() inserts records into a table from rows . It issues a COPY FROM SQL command internally to insert records.
PostgreSQL database connection resource.
Name of the table into which to copy the 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.
The token that separates values for each field in each element of rows . Default is TAB.
How SQL NULL values are represented in the rows . Default is \N ("\\N").
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
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);
?>