pg_get_notify
    (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0)
pg_get_notify -- Ping database connection
Description
array 
pg_get_notify ( resource connection [, int result_type])
     pg_get_notify() gets notify message sent by      NOTIFY SQL command. To receive notify      messages, LISTEN SQL command must be      issued. If there is notify message on the connection, array      contains message name and backend PID is returned. If there is no      message, FALSE is returned.     
     See also pg_get_pid()     
     
| Example 1. PostgreSQL NOTIFY message | <?php 
$conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
if (!$conn) {
    echo "An error occured.\n";
    exit;
}
// Listen 'author_updated' message from other processes
pq_query($conn, 'LISTEN author_updated;');
$notify = pg_get_notify($conn);
if (!$notify)
    print("No messages\n");
else
    print_r($notify);
 ?> | 
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