php-doc-en/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-meta-data.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id='function.pg-meta-data'>
<refnamediv>
<refname>pg_meta_data</refname>
<refpurpose>
Get meta data for table.
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<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>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>pg_meta_data</function> returns table definition for
<literal>table_name</literal> as an array. If there is error, it
returns &false;
</para>
<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>
<para>
The above example would produce the following output:
</para>
<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>
&warn.experimental.func;
<para>
See also <function>pg_convert</function>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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