(PECL PDO_PGSQL >= 0.1.0)
PDO_PGSQL DSN — Connecting to PostgreSQL databases
The PDO_PGSQL Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements, delimited by spaces or semicolons:
The DSN prefix is pgsql:
.
host
The hostname on which the database server resides.
port
The port on which the database server is running.
dbname
The name of the database.
user
The name of the user for the connection. If you specify the user name in the DSN, PDO ignores the value of the user name argument in the PDO constructor.
password
The password of the user for the connection. If you specify the password in the DSN, PDO ignores the value of the password argument in the PDO constructor.
Note:
The
bytea
fields are returned as streams.
Example #1 PDO_PGSQL DSN examples
The following example shows a PDO_PGSQL DSN for connecting to a PostgreSQL database:
pgsql:host=localhost;port=5432;dbname=testdb;user=bruce;password=mypass