PHP pg_result_status function

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pg_result_status

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

pg_result_status() returns the status of a result
resource, or the PostgreSQL command completion tag associated with the result

PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by pg_query(),
pg_query_params() or pg_execute()
(among others).

Either PGSQL_STATUS_LONG to return the numeric status
of the result, or PGSQL_STATUS_STRING
to return the command tag of the result.
If not specified, PGSQL_STATUS_LONG is the default.

Possible return values are PGSQL_EMPTY_QUERY,
PGSQL_COMMAND_OK, PGSQL_TUPLES_OK, PGSQL_COPY_OUT,
PGSQL_COPY_IN, PGSQL_BAD_RESPONSE, PGSQL_NONFATAL_ERROR and
PGSQL_FATAL_ERROR if PGSQL_STATUS_LONG is
specified. Otherwise, a string containing the PostgreSQL command tag is returned.

Example 1. pg_result_status() example

 
// Connect to the database
$conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
 
// Execute a COPY
$result = pg_query($conn, "COPY authors FROM STDIN;");
 
// Get the result status
$status = pg_result_status($result);
 
// Determine status
if ($status == PGSQL_COPY_IN)
   echo "Copy began.";
else
   echo "Copy failed.";

The above example will output: