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# pg_copy_to

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

pg_copy_to -- Copy a table to an array

## Description

array pg_copy_to ( resource connection, string table_name [, string delimiter [, string null_as]] )

pg_copy_to() copies a table to an array. It issues COPY TO SQL command internally to retrieve records.

## Parameters

connection

  PostgreSQL database connection resource.

table_name

  Name of the table from which to copy the data into rows.

delimiter

  The token that separates values for each field in each element of rows. Default is TAB.

null_as

  How SQL NULL values are represented in the rows. Default is \N ("\\N").

## Return Values

An array with one element for each line of COPY data. It returns `FALSE` on failure.

## Examples

Example 1. pg_copy_to() example
`<?php $db = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect"); $rows = pg_copy_to($db, $table_name); pg_query($db, "DELETE FROM $table_name"); pg_copy_from($db, $table_name, $rows); ?>`

## See Also

pg_copy_from()

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