Thanks for your reply, I think I've found the cause. The function just
doesn't exist in php 5.0.4. It's in the CVS, we're checking now if it's
available in the 5.1b2 release.
This url is a similar discussion where they point to updates in the CVS.
http://groups.google.be/group/pgsql.interfaces.php/browse_frm/thread/d3341e51e51094d8/be3c9e252b5ee3fa?q=pg_transaction_status()&rnum=1&hl=nl#be3c9e252b5ee3fa
On 7/5/05, Martín Marqués wrote:
>
> El Mar 05 Jul 2005 06:33, Jo escribió:
> >
> > This sample code (as taken from de documentation):
> >
> > $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=x host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx user=
> > password=xxx") or die("Could not connect");
> > $stat = pg_transaction_status($dbconn);
> > if ($stat === PGSQL_TRANSACTION_UNKNOWN) {
> > echo 'Connection is bad';
> > } else if ($stat === PGSQL_TRANSACTION_IDLE) {
> > echo 'Connection is currently idle';
> > } else {
> > echo 'Connection is in a transaction state';
> > }
> >
> > produces the following error:
> >
> > Fatal error: Call to undefined function pg_transaction_status() in
> > test.php on line 14
>
> pg_connect seems to work, so I would guess (I haven't install PG8, nor
> PHP5
> yet) that something in the compiling didn't work properly. Maybe you
> should
> look for error detecting certain PG components, or see which version of
> libpq
> it found, and if it is the version on libpq that you installed with PG8.
>
> You don't by the way have another version on PG installed?
>
> > The php manual states the following:
> >
> > Not all functions are supported by all builds. It depends on your
> > libpq (The PostgreSQL C Client interface) version and how libpq is
> > compiled. If there is missing function, libpq does not support the
> > feature required for the function.
>
> Yes, but you have the latest version of libpq (the one that comes with
> PostgreSQL 8.0.0). The only thing that can be happening is that PHP is
> finding another libpq in the way.
>
> > I have installed Postgresql 8.0.0 from source and php 5.0.4 also from
> > source.
>
> Update PostgreSQL to the latest 8.0.x version (lots of bugs were fixed
> since).
>
>
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