pg_get_pid

Description

pg_get_pid() gets the backend's (database server process) PID. The PID is useful to determine whether or not a NOTIFY message received via pg_get_notify() is sent from another process or not.

Parameters

Return Values

The backend database process ID.

Examples

Example 1. PostgreSQL backend PID <?php $conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher"); if (!$conn) {   echo "An error occured.\n";   exit; } // Backend process PID. Use PID with pg_get_notify() $pid = pg_get_pid($conn); ?>

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