Php/docs/pgsql.examples-basic
Basic usage
This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print resulting rows and disconnect from a PostgreSQL database.
Example #1 PostgreSQL extension overview example
<?php// Connecting, selecting database$dbconn = pg_connect("host=localhost dbname=publishing user=www password=foo") or die('Could not connect: ' . pg_last_error());// Performing SQL query$query = 'SELECT * FROM authors';$result = pg_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . pg_last_error());// Printing results in HTMLecho "<table>\n";while ($line = pg_fetch_array($result, null, PGSQL_ASSOC)) { echo "\t<tr>\n"; foreach ($line as $col_value) { echo "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n"; } echo "\t</tr>\n";}echo "</table>\n";// Free resultsetpg_free_result($result);// Closing connectionpg_close($dbconn);?>
