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<h1 class="refname">pg_dbname</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">pg_dbname</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get the database name</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>pg_dbname</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$connection</code></span>
] )</div>
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<span class="function"><strong>pg_dbname()</strong></span> returns the name of the database
that the given PostgreSQL <em><code class="parameter">connection</code></em>
resource.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">connection</code></em></span>
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PostgreSQL database connection resource. When
<em><code class="parameter">connection</code></em> is not present, the default connection
is used. The default connection is the last connection made by
<span class="function"><a href="function.pg-connect.html" class="function">pg_connect()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-pconnect.html" class="function">pg_pconnect()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.pg-dbname-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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A <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> containing the name of the database the
<em><code class="parameter">connection</code></em> is to, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>pg_dbname()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /> error_reporting</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_ALL</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </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 /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_dbname</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// mary<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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