pg_lo_open

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

pg_lo_open -- Open a large object

Description

resource pg_lo_open ( resource connection, int oid, string mode)

pg_lo_open() opens a Large Object and returns large object resource. The resource encapsulates information about the connection. oid specifies a valid large object oid and mode can be either "r", "w", or "rw". It returns FALSE if there is an error.

Warning

Do not close the database connection before closing the large object resource.

To use the large object (lo) interface, it is necessary to enclose it within a transaction block.

Note: This function used to be called pg_loopen().

See also pg_lo_close() and pg_lo_create().