PDO_PGSQL DSN
(PECL PDO_PGSQL >= 0.1.0)
PDO_PGSQL DSN — Connecting to PostgreSQL databases
Description
The PDO_PGSQL Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements, delimited by spaces or semicolons:
- DSN prefix
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The DSN prefix is
pgsql:. - host
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The hostname on which the database server resides.
- port
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The port on which the database server is running.
- dbname
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The name of the database.
- user
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The name of the user for the connection. If you specify the user name in the DSN, PDO ignores the value of the user name argument in the PDO constructor.
- password
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The password of the user for the connection. If you specify the password in the DSN, PDO ignores the value of the password argument in the PDO constructor.
Note:
The bytea fields are returned as streams.
Examples
Example #1 PDO_PGSQL DSN examples
The following example shows a PDO_PGSQL DSN for connecting to a PostgreSQL database:
pgsql:host=localhost;port=5432;dbname=testdb;user=bruce;password=mypass