PHP

PHP is a scripting language used for building dynamic web pages. It contains a number of advanced features that rival commercial options such as ASP and ColdFusion.

It contains several built-in database interfaces, including functions specific for communicating with both MySQL and PostgreSQL. The following is a list of the functions specific to PostgreSQL:

  • pg_close(connection_id) 

    Description: Closes a PostgreSQL connection. Returns false if not a valid connection; otherwise, returns true.

  • pg_cmdtuples(result_id) 

    Description: Returns the number of instances affected by an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE query. If no tuple was affected, the function will return 0.

  • pg_connect([host], [port], [options], [tty], dbname) 
  • Description: Opens a connection ...

Get PostgreSQL Essential Reference now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.