Connecting to PostgreSQL databases

PDO_PGSQL DSN

(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:

DSN prefix: 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