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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>pg_fetch_assoc</refname>
  <refpurpose>Fetch a row as an associative array</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>pg_fetch_assoc</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>row</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>pg_fetch_assoc</function> returns an associative array that
   corresponds to the fetched row (records).
  </para>
  <para>
   <function>pg_fetch_assoc</function> is equivalent to calling
   <function>pg_fetch_array</function> with <constant>PGSQL_ASSOC</constant> as the
   optional third parameter. It only returns an associative array.
   If you need the numeric indices, use 
   <function>pg_fetch_row</function>.  
  </para>
  &database.fetch-null;
  <para>
   <function>pg_fetch_assoc</function> is NOT significantly
   slower than using <function>pg_fetch_row</function>, and
   is significantly easier to use.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>result</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by <function>pg_query</function>,
       <function>pg_query_params</function> or <function>pg_execute</function>
       (among others).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>row</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Row number in result to fetch.  Rows are numbered from 0 upwards.  If omitted,
       next row is fetched.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   An <type>array</type> indexed associatively (by field name).
   Each value in the <type>array</type> is represented as a 
   <type>string</type>.  Database <literal>NULL</literal>
   values are returned as &null;.
  </para>
  <para>
   &false; is returned if <parameter>row</parameter> exceeds the number
   of rows in the set, there are no more rows, or on any other error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>4.1.0</entry>
       <entry>
        The parameter <parameter>row</parameter> became optional.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>pg_fetch_assoc</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php 
$conn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher");
if (!$conn) {
  echo "An error occured.\n";
  exit;
}

$result = pg_query($conn, "SELECT id, author, email FROM authors");
if (!$result) {
  echo "An error occured.\n";
  exit;
}

while ($row = pg_fetch_assoc($result)) {
  echo $row['id'];
  echo $row['author'];
  echo $row['email'];
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>pg_fetch_row</function></member>
    <member><function>pg_fetch_array</function></member>
    <member><function>pg_fetch_object</function></member>
    <member><function>pg_fetch_result</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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