pg_trace

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

pg_traceEnable tracing a PostgreSQL connection

Description

pg_trace(string $filename, string $mode = "w", ?PgSql\Connection $connection = null): bool

pg_trace() enables tracing of the PostgreSQL frontend/backend communication to a file. To fully understand the results, one needs to be familiar with the internals of PostgreSQL communication protocol.

For those who are not, it can still be useful for tracing errors in queries sent to the server, you could do for example grep '^To backend' trace.log and see what queries actually were sent to the PostgreSQL server. For more information, refer to the » PostgreSQL Documentation.

Parameters

filename

The full path and file name of the file in which to write the trace log. Same as in fopen().

mode

An optional file access mode, same as for fopen().

connection

An PgSql\Connection instance. When connection is null, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().

Warning

As of PHP 8.1.0, using the default connection is deprecated.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.1.0 The connection parameter expects an PgSql\Connection instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
8.0.0 connection is now nullable.

Examples

Example #1 pg_trace() example

<?php
$pgsql_conn 
pg_connect("dbname=mark host=localhost");

if (
$pgsql_conn) {
   
pg_trace('/tmp/trace.log''w'$pgsql_conn);
   
pg_query("SELECT 1");
   
pg_untrace($pgsql_conn);
   
// Now /tmp/trace.log will contain backend communication
} else {
   print 
pg_last_error($pgsql_conn);
   exit;
}
?>

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