pg_meta_data

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

pg_meta_data Get meta data for table

Description

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.

Return Values

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

Examples

Example #1 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)
}
}

Changelog

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

See Also

  • pg_convert() - Convert associative array values into suitable for SQL statement

Коментарии

This function seems to be case-sensitive on tablename (php-4.3.1)

The Array returned is of the following structure
['field name'] => Array
   (
     ['num'] => Field number starting at 1
     ['type'] => data type, eg varchar, int4
     ['len'] => internal storage size of field. -1 for varying
     ['not null'] => boolean
     ['has default'] => boolean
   )
     ......

for Varied size datatypes (varchar, text, etc) 
you can get the max data length from the system table pg_attribute.atttypmod -4
eg. 
select attnum, attname , atttypmod -4 as field_len 
from pg_attribute, pg_class 
where relname='$tablename' 
and attrelid=relfilenode 
and attnum>=1
2003-06-18 04:31:03
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.pg-meta-data.html
When querying on meta data from a temp table, the meta data seems to persist even if a fresh connection is established, where the temp table no longer exists.

 For example, if you create a connection and a temp table like so:
$dbconn1 = pg_connect('blah blah', , PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW);
pg_exec($dbconn1,'create temp table foo as select 'foo' as namecol, 'bar' as valcol');

Then create a new connection

$dbconn2 = pg_connect('blah blah', , PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW);

And query the meta data for table 'foo' in this new connection, it will report the facts about this table:
pg_meta_data($dbconn2,'foo');

"'Array ( [foo] => Array ( [num] => 1 [type] => varchar... "

However, trying to remove this table:
pg_exec($dbconn,'drop table foo');

Throws an error:
pg_exec(): Query failed: ERROR: table "foo" does not exist in ...
2005-06-24 09:37:01
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.pg-meta-data.html
You can get some possibly more useful information with the query:

SELECT table_name, column_name, data_type, character_maximum_length FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name='tablename';
2007-06-27 11:32:41
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.pg-meta-data.html
The built in function does not provide any support for selecting a schema.  If you need schema support and do not want to alter your SEARCH_PATH, the following function can provide it:

 function meta_data($table, $schema = 'public')
    {
$result = pg_query_params("SELECT a.attname, a.attnum, t.typname, a.attlen, a.attnotNULL, a.atthasdef, a.attndims 
FROM pg_class as c, pg_attribute a, pg_type t, pg_namespace n
WHERE a.attnum > 0 
AND a.attrelid = c.oid 
AND c.relname = $1
AND a.atttypid = t.oid 
AND n.oid = c.relnamespace
AND n.nspname = $2
ORDER BY a.attnum", array($table, $schema));
$fields = array();
while($row = pg_fetch_array()) {
$fields['attname'] = $row;

        return $fields;
    }
2007-11-12 17:24:01
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.pg-meta-data.html
Автор:
To specify a schema as well as a table name, use the "schemaname.tablename" form as usual for PostgreSQL and the other functions in this extension. Without the prefix, of course, the default schema search path is used.

<?php
  $meta 
pg_meta_data($dbconn'foo.bar'); // table "bar" in schema "foo"
 
if (is_array($meta)) {
     
var_dump($meta);
  }
?>
2017-07-17 05:34:19
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.pg-meta-data.html
If parameter $extended not false:
<?php
array (size=2)
 
'name' => 
    array (
size=11)
     
'num' => int 1
     
'type' => string 'varchar' (length=7)
     
'len' => int -1
     
'not null' => boolean false
     
'has default' => boolean true
     
'array dims' => int 0
     
'is enum' => boolean false
     
'is base' => boolean true
     
'is composite' => boolean false
     
'is pesudo' => boolean false
     
'description' => string '' (length=0)
 
'id' => 
    array (
size=11)
     
'num' => int 2
     
'type' => string 'int4' (length=4)
     
'len' => int 4
     
'not null' => boolean true
     
'has default' => boolean true
     
'array dims' => int 0
     
'is enum' => boolean false
     
'is base' => boolean true
     
'is composite' => boolean false
     
'is pesudo' => boolean false
     
'description' => string '' (length=0)
?>
2019-04-28 14:03:52
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.pg-meta-data.html

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