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^Pdo\PgsqlLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Pdo\Pgsql::copyToArray

(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)

Pdo\Pgsql::copyToArray — Copy data from database table into PHP array

Description

public function Pdo\Pgsql::copyToArray(
    string $tableName,
    string $separator = "\t",
    string $nullAs = "\\\\N",
    ?string $fields = null
): array|false

Copies data from tableName into array using separator as fields delimiter and fields list

Parameters

tableName

String containing table name.

separator

Delimiter used to separate fields in an entry of the rows array.

nullAs

How to interpret SQL NULL values.

fields

List of fields to export.

Return Values

Returns an array of rows, or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Pdo\Pgsql::copyToArray() example

Each returned element is one record, with fields joined by separator and a trailing newline.

<?php
$db = new Pdo\Pgsql('pgsql:dbname=test host=localhost', $user, $pass);
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$db->exec('CREATE TABLE fruits (id int, name text, qty int)');
$db->exec("INSERT INTO fruits VALUES (1, 'apple', 10), (2, 'banana', 20)");

$rows = $db->copyToArray('fruits');
var_export($rows);
?>

The above example will output:

array (
  0 => '1	apple	10
',
  1 => '2	banana	20
',
)

See Also


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^Pdo\PgsqlLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026