# pg_convert

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

pg_convert — Convert associative array values into suitable for SQL statement

### Description

array pg_convert ( resource `$connection` , string `$table_name` , array `$assoc_array` [, int `$options` ] )

pg_convert() checks and converts the values in `assoc_array` into suitable values for use in a SQL statement. Precondition for pg_convert() is the existence of a table `table_name` which has at least as many columns as `assoc_array` has elements. The fieldnames in `table_name` must match the indices in `assoc_array` and the corresponding datatypes must be compatible. Returns an array with the converted values on success, `FALSE` otherwise.

> Note: If there are boolean fields in `table_name` don't use the constant `TRUE` in `assoc_array` . It will be converted to the string 'TRUE' which is no valid entry for boolean fields in PostgreSQL. Use one of t, true, 1, y, yes instead.

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

### Parameters

`connection`

  PostgreSQL database connection resource.

`table_name`

  Name of the table against which to convert types.

`assoc_array`

  Data to be converted.

`options`

  Any number of `PGSQL_CONV_IGNORE_DEFAULT`, `PGSQL_CONV_FORCE_NULL` or `PGSQL_CONV_IGNORE_NOT_NULL`, combined.

### Return Values

An array of converted values, or `FALSE` on error.

### Examples

Example#1 pg_convert() example

`<?php
$dbconn = pg_connect('dbname=foo');
$tmp = array(
'author' => 'Joe Thackery',
'year' => 2005,
'title' => 'My Life, by Joe Thackery'
);
$vals = pg_convert($dbconn, 'authors', $tmp);
?>`

### See Also

- pg_meta_data()