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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id='function.pg-meta-data' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>pg_meta_data</refname>
<refpurpose>
Get meta data for table
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>pg_meta_data</methodname>
<methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>connection</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>table_name</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>pg_meta_data</function> returns table definition for
<literal>table_name</literal> as an array.
</para>
&warn.experimental.func;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>connection</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
PostgreSQL database connection resource.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>table_name</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the table.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
An <type>array</type> of the table definition, or &false; on error.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>Getting table metadata</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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>';
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
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)
}
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>pg_convert</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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