pg_meta_data

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Get meta data for table

array pg_meta_data ( resource $connection, string $table_name [, bool $extended ] )

pg_meta_data() returns table definition for table_name as an array.

Parameters:

connection

PostgreSQL database connection resource.

table_name

The name of the table.

extended

Flag for returning extended meta data. Default to FALSE.

Returns:

An array of the table definition, or FALSE on error.

Changelog:

5.6.0

No longer experimental. Added "is enum" as default attribute. extended flag is added.

Examples:

Getting table metadata

<?php
  $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
 
  $meta = pg_meta_data($dbconn, 'authors');
  if (is_array($meta)) {
      echo '<pre>';
      var_dump($meta);
      echo '</pre>';
  }
?>

The above example will output:

array(3) {
["author"]=>
array(5) {
  ["num"]=>
  int(1)
  ["type"]=>
  string(7) "varchar"
  ["len"]=>
  int(-1)
  ["not null"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["has default"]=>
  bool(false)
}
["year"]=>
array(5) {
  ["num"]=>
  int(2)
  ["type"]=>
  string(4) "int2"
  ["len"]=>
  int(2)
  ["not null"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["has default"]=>
  bool(false)
}
["title"]=>
array(5) {
  ["num"]=>
  int(3)
  ["type"]=>
  string(7) "varchar"
  ["len"]=>
  int(-1)
  ["not null"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["has default"]=>
  bool(false)
}
}