php-doc-en/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-meta-data.xml

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<refentry xml:id='function.pg-meta-data' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>pg_meta_data</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Get meta data for table
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>pg_meta_data</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>connection</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>table_name</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>extended</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>pg_meta_data</function> returns table definition for
   <literal>table_name</literal> as an array.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>connection</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       PostgreSQL database connection resource.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>table_name</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The name of the table.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>extended</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Flag for returning extended meta data. Default to &false;.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   An <type>array</type> of the table definition, or &false; on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Getting table metadata</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
  $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");

  $meta = pg_meta_data($dbconn, 'authors');
  if (is_array($meta)) {
      echo '<pre>';
      var_dump($meta);
      echo '</pre>';
  }
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
array(3) {
["author"]=>
array(5) {
  ["num"]=>
  int(1)
  ["type"]=>
  string(7) "varchar"
  ["len"]=>
  int(-1)
  ["not null"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["has default"]=>
  bool(false)
}
["year"]=>
array(5) {
  ["num"]=>
  int(2)
  ["type"]=>
  string(4) "int2"
  ["len"]=>
  int(2)
  ["not null"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["has default"]=>
  bool(false)
}
["title"]=>
array(5) {
  ["num"]=>
  int(3)
  ["type"]=>
  string(7) "varchar"
  ["len"]=>
  int(-1)
  ["not null"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["has default"]=>
  bool(false)
}
}
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </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>5.6.0</entry>
       <entry>
        No longer experimental. Added "is enum" as default attribute.
        <parameter>extended</parameter> flag is added.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>pg_convert</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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