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Looks up a current parameter setting of the server.
Certain parameter values are reported by the server automatically at
connection startup or whenever their values change. pg_parameter_status() can be
used to interrogate these settings. It returns the current value of a
parameter if known, or FALSE
if the parameter is not known.
Parameters reported as of PostgreSQL 8.0 include server_version
,
server_encoding
, client_encoding
,
is_superuser
, session_authorization
,
DateStyle
, TimeZone
, and integer_datetimes
.
(server_encoding
, TimeZone
, and
integer_datetimes
were not reported by releases before 8.0.) Note that
server_version
, server_encoding
and integer_datetimes
cannot change after PostgreSQL startup.
PostgreSQL 7.3 or lower servers do not report parameter settings,
pg_parameter_status()
includes logic to obtain values for server_version
and
client_encoding
anyway. Applications are encouraged to use pg_parameter_status() rather than ad
hoc code to determine these values.
On a pre-7.4
PostgreSQL server, changing client_encoding
via SET
after connection startup will
not be reflected by pg_parameter_status().
PostgreSQL database connection resource. When connection is not present, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().
Possible param_name values include server_version
,
server_encoding
, client_encoding
,
is_superuser
, session_authorization
,
DateStyle
, TimeZone
, and
integer_datetimes
.
A string containing the value of the parameter, FALSE
on failure or invalid
param_name.
<?php
$dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
echo "Server encoding: ", pg_parameter_status($dbconn, "server_encoding");
?>
The above example will output:
Server encoding: SQL_ASCII