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<h1 class="refname">pg_convert</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">pg_convert</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Convert associative array values into suitable for SQL statement
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.pg-convert-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>pg_convert</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>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$assoc_array</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>pg_convert()</strong></span> checks and converts the values in
<em><code class="parameter">assoc_array</code></em> into suitable values for use in an SQL
statement. Precondition for <span class="function"><strong>pg_convert()</strong></span> is the
existence of a table <em><code class="parameter">table_name</code></em> which has at least
as many columns as <em><code class="parameter">assoc_array</code></em> has elements. The
fieldnames in <em><code class="parameter">table_name</code></em> must match the indices in
<em><code class="parameter">assoc_array</code></em> and the corresponding datatypes must be
compatible. Returns an array with the converted values on success, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>
otherwise.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
If there are boolean fields in <em><code class="parameter">table_name</code></em> don't
use the constant <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> in <em><code class="parameter">assoc_array</code></em>. It will be
converted to the string 'TRUE' which is no valid entry for boolean fields
in PostgreSQL. Use one of t, true, 1, y, yes instead.
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<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-convert-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">
Name of the table against which to convert types.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">assoc_array</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Data to be converted.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Any number of <strong><code>PGSQL_CONV_IGNORE_DEFAULT</code></strong>,
<strong><code>PGSQL_CONV_FORCE_NULL</code></strong> or
<strong><code>PGSQL_CONV_IGNORE_NOT_NULL</code></strong>, combined.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.pg-convert-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 converted values, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.pg-convert-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-2053">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>pg_convert()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php <br /> $dbconn </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'dbname=foo'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> <br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$tmp </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'author' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Joe Thackery'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'year' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">2005</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'title' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'My Life, by Joe Thackery'<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> <br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$vals </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_convert</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'authors'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$tmp</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.pg-convert-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-meta-data.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_meta_data()</a> - Get meta data for table</span></li>
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