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<h1 class="refname">pg_meta_data</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">pg_meta_data</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Get meta data for table
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.pg-meta-data-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>pg_meta_data</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$connection</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$table_name</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>pg_meta_data()</strong></span> returns table definition for
<em>table_name</em> as an array.
</p>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
<em class="emphasis">EXPERIMENTAL</em>. The behaviour of this function, its name, and
surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
This function should be used at your own risk.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.pg-meta-data-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">connection</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
PostgreSQL database connection resource.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">table_name</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The name of the table.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.pg-meta-data-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
An <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> of the table definition, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.pg-meta-data-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-2099">
<p><strong>Example #1 Getting table metadata</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /> $dbconn </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"dbname=publisher"</span><span style="color: #007700">) or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Could not connect"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$meta </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_meta_data</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'authors'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">is_array</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$meta</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'<pre>'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$meta</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'</pre>'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
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)
}
}
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.pg-meta-data-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-convert.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_convert()</a> - Convert associative array values into suitable for SQL statement</span></li>
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