# pg_parameter_status

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

pg_parameter_status — Looks up a current parameter setting of the server

### Description

pg_parameter_status ([ resource `$connection` ], string `$param_name` ) : string

Looks up a current parameter setting of the server.

Certain parameter values are reported by the server automatically at connection startup or whenever their values change. pg_parameter_status() can be used to interrogate these settings. It returns the current value of a parameter if known, or `FALSE` if the parameter is not known.

Parameters reported as of PostgreSQL 8.0 include `server_version`, `server_encoding`, `client_encoding`, `is_superuser`, `session_authorization`, `DateStyle`, `TimeZone`, and `integer_datetimes`. (`server_encoding`, `TimeZone`, and `integer_datetimes` were not reported by releases before 8.0.) Note that `server_version`, `server_encoding` and `integer_datetimes` cannot change after PostgreSQL startup.

PostgreSQL 7.3 or lower servers do not report parameter settings, pg_parameter_status() includes logic to obtain values for `server_version` and `client_encoding` anyway. Applications are encouraged to use pg_parameter_status() rather than ad hoc code to determine these values.

Caution

On a pre-7.4 PostgreSQL server, changing `client_encoding` via `SET` after connection startup will not be reflected by pg_parameter_status().

### Parameters

`connection`

  PostgreSQL database connection resource. When `connection` is not present, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().

`param_name`

  Possible `param_name` values include `server_version`, `server_encoding`, `client_encoding`, `is_superuser`, `session_authorization`, `DateStyle`, `TimeZone`, and `integer_datetimes`. Note that this value is case-sensitive.

### Return Values

A string containing the value of the parameter, `FALSE` on failure or invalid `param_name`.

### Examples

Example #1 pg_parameter_status() example

`<?php
$dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
echo "Server encoding: ", pg_parameter_status($dbconn, "server_encoding");
?>`

The above example will output:

    Server encoding: SQL_ASCII