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pg_get_pid

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(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Gets the backend's process ID

Description

pg_get_pid(PgSql\Connection $connection): int

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

connection: Connection

Return Values

The backend database process ID.

Changelog

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Examples

PostgreSQL backend PID

php

<?php 
$conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
if (!$conn) {
  echo "An error occurred.\n";
  exit;
}

// Backend process PID. Use PID with pg_get_notify()
$pid = pg_get_pid($conn);
?>