pg_lo_open
Pay attention that if you omit the "length" parameter it will read a 8192 bytes object regardless to its real dimensions. If you want to use this function think to save the object size somewhere (usually a field in its table) before reading the object. Alternatively use the pg_lo_readall function.
pg_lo_read_all
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_lo_read_all — Reads an entire large object and send straight to browser
Description
int pg_lo_read_all
( resource
$large_object
)pg_lo_read_all() reads a large object and passes it straight through to the browser after sending all pending headers. Mainly intended for sending binary data like images or sound.
To use the large object interface, it is necessary to enclose it within a transaction block.
Note:
This function used to be called pg_loreadall().
Return Values
Number of bytes read or FALSE on error.
Examples
Example #1 pg_lo_read_all() example
<?php
header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
$image_oid = 189762345;
$database = pg_connect("dbname=jacarta");
pg_query($database, "begin");
$handle = pg_lo_open($database, $image_oid, "r");
pg_lo_read_all($handle);
pg_query($database, "commit");
?>
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User Contributed Notes
pg_lo_read_all - [2 notes]
fabar2 at libero dot it ¶
1 year ago
robert dot bernier5 at sympatico dot ca ¶
8 years ago
// remember, large objects must be obtained from within a transaction
pg_query ($dbconn, "begin");
// "assume" for this example that the large object resource number of the zipped file is "17899"
$lo_oid = 17899;
$handle_lo = pg_lo_open($dbconn,$lo_oid,"r") or die("<h1>Error.. can't get handle</h1>");
//headers to send to the browser before beginning the binary download
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
header('Content-Length: 32029974'); //this is the size of the zipped file
header('Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100');
header('Content-type: Application/x-zip');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="superjob.zip"');
pg_lo_read_all($handle_lo) or
die("<h1>Error, can't read large object.</h1>");
// committing the data transaction
pg_query ($dbconn, "commit");