pg_lo_write

Write to a large object (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
int pg_lo_write ( resource large_object, string data [, int len] )

pg_lo_write() writes data into a large object at the current seek position.

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

Note:

This function used to be called pg_lowrite().

Parameters

large_object: PostgreSQL large object (LOB) resource, returned by pg_lo_open().
data: The data to be written to the large object. If len is specified and is less than the length of data, only len bytes will be written.
len: An optional maximum number of bytes to write. Must be greater than zero and no greater than the length of data. Defaults to the length of data.

Return Values

The number of bytes written to the large object, or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example 1953. pg_lo_write() example

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<?php

   $doc_oid = 189762345;

   $data = "This will overwrite the start of the large object.";

   $database = pg_connect("dbname=jacarta");

   pg_query($database, "begin");

   $handle = pg_lo_open($database, $doc_oid, "w");

   $data = pg_lo_write($handle, $data);

   pg_query($database, "commit");
?>

See Also

pg_lo_create()

pg_lo_open()

Using php 4.3.0 and PostgreSQL 7.3.1 I can write a simple script in which pg_lo_write seems to always return 1 and not the number of bytes written, as evidenced by extracting the data through another means. Further more, I can make this pg_lo_write fail, or at least fail to write all the data it's pretty difficult to tell without the number of bytes written being returned, and not return the false value. In addition to this, the lo resource has been adjusted so that the oid it contains is 0. Unfortunately, I do not know what exactly the failure mode is, it does seem to be in the ip network communication side of PostgreSQL, which is odd since the unix domain comms works fine for this. However, it would have been useful to have the pg_lo_write() function return as advertised, it would have saved some of the 2 man hours me and the dev. team put into diagnosing this problem.

pg_lo_write

Write to a large object (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
int pg_lo_write ( resource large_object, string data [, int len] )

Parameters

Return Values

Examples

Example 1953. pg_lo_write() example

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pg_lo_write

Write to a large object (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5) int pg_lo_write ( resource large_object, string data [, int len] )

Parameters

Return Values

Examples

Example 1953. pg_lo_write() example

Code Examples / Notes » pg_lo_write

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Write to a large object (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
int pg_lo_write ( resource large_object, string data [, int len] )