(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pg_copy_from — Insert records into a table from an array
$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.
connectionPostgreSQL 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").
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);
?>