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<h1 class="refname">pg_connect</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">pg_connect</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open a PostgreSQL connection</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.pg-connect-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>pg_connect</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$connection_string</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$connect_type</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>pg_connect()</strong></span> opens a connection to a
PostgreSQL database specified by the
<em><code class="parameter">connection_string</code></em>.
</p>
<p class="para">
If a second call is made to <span class="function"><strong>pg_connect()</strong></span> with
the same <em><code class="parameter">connection_string</code></em> as an existing connection, the
existing connection will be returned unless you pass
<strong><code>PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW</code></strong> as
<em><code class="parameter">connect_type</code></em>.
</p>
<p class="para">
The old syntax with multiple parameters
<strong class="command">$conn = pg_connect("host", "port", "options", "tty", "dbname")
</strong> has been deprecated.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.pg-connect-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">connection_string</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The <em><code class="parameter">connection_string</code></em> can be empty to use all default parameters, or it
can contain one or more parameter settings separated by whitespace.
Each parameter setting is in the form <em>keyword = value</em>. Spaces around
the equal sign are optional. To write an empty value or a value
containing spaces, surround it with single quotes, e.g., <em>keyword =
'a value'</em>. Single quotes and backslashes within the value must be
escaped with a backslash, i.e., \' and \\.
</p>
<p class="para">
The currently recognized parameter keywords are:
<em><code class="parameter">host</code></em>, <em><code class="parameter">hostaddr</code></em>, <em><code class="parameter">port</code></em>,
<em><code class="parameter">dbname</code></em> (defaults to value of <em><code class="parameter">user</code></em>),
<em><code class="parameter">user</code></em>,
<em><code class="parameter">password</code></em>, <em><code class="parameter">connect_timeout</code></em>,
<em><code class="parameter">options</code></em>, <em><code class="parameter">tty</code></em> (ignored), <em><code class="parameter">sslmode</code></em>,
<em><code class="parameter">requiressl</code></em> (deprecated in favor of <em><code class="parameter">sslmode</code></em>), and
<em><code class="parameter">service</code></em>. Which of these arguments exist depends
on your PostgreSQL version.
</p>
<p class="para">
The <em><code class="parameter">options</code></em> parameter can be used to set command line parameters
to be invoked by the server.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">connect_type</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If <strong><code>PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW</code></strong> is passed, then a new connection
is created, even if the <em><code class="parameter">connection_string</code></em> is identical to
an existing connection.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.pg-connect-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
PostgreSQL connection resource on success, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.pg-connect-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-2049">
<p><strong>Example #1 Using <span class="function"><strong>pg_connect()</strong></span></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=mary"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//connect to a database named "mary"<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn2 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"host=localhost port=5432 dbname=mary"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// connect to a database named "mary" on "localhost" at port "5432"<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn3 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"host=sheep port=5432 dbname=mary user=lamb password=foo"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//connect to a database named "mary" on the host "sheep" with a username and password<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_string </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"host=sheep port=5432 dbname=test user=lamb password=bar"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn4 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_string</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//connect to a database named "test" on the host "sheep" with a username and password<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn5 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"host=localhost options='--client_encoding=UTF8'"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//connect to a database on "localhost" and set the command line parameter which tells the encoding is in UTF-8<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.pg-connect-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-pconnect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_pconnect()</a> - Open a persistent PostgreSQL connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_close()</a> - Closes a PostgreSQL connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-host.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_host()</a> - Returns the host name associated with the connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-port.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_port()</a> - Return the port number associated with the connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-tty.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_tty()</a> - Return the TTY name associated with the connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-options.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_options()</a> - Get the options associated with the connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-dbname.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_dbname()</a> - Get the database name</span></li>
</ul>
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