(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_copy_to — Copy a table to an array
pg_copy_to() copies a table to an array. It issues COPY TO SQL command internally to retrieve records.
PostgreSQL database connection resource.
Name of the table from which to copy the data into rows .
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").
An array with one element for each line of COPY data. It returns FALSE on failure.
Example #1 pg_copy_to() 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);
?>