Get status of query result pg_result_seek pg_select PostgreSQL Functions PHP Manual pg_result_status (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)pg_result_status — Get status of query result Description mixed pg_result_status ( resource $result [, int $type ] ) pg_result_status() returns the status of a result resource, or the PostgreSQL command completion tag associated with the result Parameters result PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by pg_query(), pg_query_params() or pg_execute() (among others). type Either PGSQL_STATUS_LONG to return the numeric status of the result , or PGSQL_STATUS_STRING to return the command tag of the result . If not specified, PGSQL_STATUS_LONG is the default. Return Values Possible return values are PGSQL_EMPTY_QUERY, PGSQL_COMMAND_OK, PGSQL_TUPLES_OK, PGSQL_COPY_OUT, PGSQL_COPY_IN, PGSQL_BAD_RESPONSE, PGSQL_NONFATAL_ERROR and PGSQL_FATAL_ERROR if PGSQL_STATUS_LONG is specified. Otherwise, a string containing the PostgreSQL command tag is returned. ChangeLog Version Description 4.3.0 The type parameter was added. Examples Example #1 pg_result_status() example <?php// Connect to the database$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 statusif ($status == PGSQL_COPY_IN) echo "Copy began.";else echo "Copy failed."; ?> The above example will output: Copy began. See Also pg_connection_status() pg_result_seek pg_select PostgreSQL Functions PHP Manual