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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>pg_fetch_object</refname>
  <refpurpose>Fetch a row as an object</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>object</type><methodname>pg_fetch_object</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>row</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>result_type</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>object</type><methodname>pg_fetch_object</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>row</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>class_name</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>params</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>pg_fetch_object</function> returns an object with
   properties that correspond to the fetched row's field names.  It can optionally
   instantiate an object of a specific class, and pass parameters to that
   class's constructor.
  </para>
  &database.fetch-null;
  <para>
   Speed-wise, the function is identical to
   <function>pg_fetch_array</function>, and almost as fast as
   <function>pg_fetch_row</function> (the difference is
   insignificant).
  </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>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>result_type</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Ignored and deprecated.  Defaults to <constant>PGSQL_ASSOC</constant>.
       </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>class_name</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The name of the class to instantiate, set the properties of and return.
        If not specified, a <classname>stdClass</classname> object is returned.
       </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>params</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        An optional <type>array</type> of parameters to pass to the constructor
        for <parameter>class_name</parameter> objects.
       </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   An <type>object</type> with one attribute for each field
   name in the result.  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>5.0.0</entry>
       <entry>
        <parameter>class_name</parameter> and <parameter>params</parameter>
        were added. The old form with <parameter>result_type</parameter>
        still exists for backwards compatibility.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>4.3.0</entry>
       <entry>
        <parameter>result_type</parameter> default changed from
        <constant>PGSQL_BOTH</constant> to <constant>PGSQL_ASSOC</constant>,
        since the numeric index was illegal.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <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_object</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php 

$database = "store";

$db_conn = pg_connect("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=$database");
if (!$db_conn) {
  echo "Failed connecting to postgres database $database\n";
  exit;
}

$qu = pg_query($db_conn, "SELECT * FROM books ORDER BY author");


while ($data = pg_fetch_object($qu)) {
  echo $data->author . " (";
  echo $data->year . "): ";
  echo $data->title . "<br />";
}

pg_free_result($qu);
pg_close($db_conn);

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

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

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