pg_lo_create

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

pg_lo_create — Create a large object

Description

int pg_lo_create ([ resource $connection [, mixed $object_id ]] )

int pg_lo_create ( mixed $object_id )

pg_lo_create() creates a large object and returns the OID of the large object. PostgreSQL access modes INV_READ, INV_WRITE, and INV_ARCHIVE are not supported, the object is created always with both read and write access. INV_ARCHIVE has been removed from PostgreSQL itself (version 6.3 and above).

To use the large object interface, it is necessary to enclose it within a transaction block.

Instead of using the large object interface (which has no access controls and is cumbersome to use), try PostgreSQL's bytea column type and pg_escape_bytea().

Note:
This function used to be called pg_locreate().

Parameters

connection: 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().
object_id: If an object_id is given the function will try to create a large object with this id, else a free object id is assigned by the server. The parameter was added in PHP 5.3 and relies on functionality that first appeared in PostgreSQL 8.1.

Return Values

A large object OID or FALSE on error.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.3.0	The optional `object_id` was added.

Examples

Example #1 pg_lo_create() example


<?php
   $database = pg_connect("dbname=jacarta");
   pg_query($database, "begin");
   $oid = pg_lo_create($database);
   echo "$oid\n";
   $handle = pg_lo_open($database, $oid, "w");
   echo "$handle\n";
   pg_lo_write($handle, "large object data");
   pg_lo_close($handle);
   pg_query($database, "commit");
?>

User Contributed Notes

andrea dot galli at acotel dot com

12 years ago


<?php
// --------- OPEN CONN ---

   $conn = pg_connect("host='127.0.0.1' dbname='test' user='usertest' password='passtest'");

// --------- OPEN FILE ---

   $fp = fopen('logo.gif', "r");
   $buffer = fread($fp, filesize('logo.gif'));
   fclose($fp);

// --------- CREATE - INSERT OID ---

   pg_exec($conn, "begin");

   $oid = pg_locreate($conn);

   $rs = pg_exec($conn,"INSERT INTO test(tipo, images) VALUES('A1', $oid);");
   $handle = pg_loopen ($conn, $oid, "w");

   pg_lowrite ($handle, $buffer);
   pg_loclose ($handle);

   pg_exec($conn, "commit");

// --------- OPEN - INSERT OID ---

   $rs = pg_exec($conn, "SELECT images FROM test WHERE tipo = 'A1';");
   $row = pg_fetch_row($rs, 0);

   pg_exec($conn, "begin");
   $loid = pg_loopen($conn, $row[0], "r");

   header("Content-type: image/gif");

   pg_loreadall($loid);
   pg_loclose($loid);

   pg_exec ($conn, "commit");

// --------- UNLINK OID ---

   pg_exec($conn, "begin");

   $loid = $row[0];
   pg_lounlink($conn, $loid);

   pg_exec ($conn, "commit");

// --------- DELETE OID ---

   pg_exec($conn, "DELETE FROM test WHERE tipo = 'A1';");

// --------- CLOSE CONN ---

   pg_close();
?>