PostgreSQL擴充套件在預設情況下在最新版本的PHP 5.3.x中是啟用的。 可以在編譯時使用--without-pgsql來禁用它。仍然可以使用yum命令來安裝PHP-PostgreSQL介面：
yum install php-pgsql
在開始使用PHP連線PostgreSQL介面之前，請先在PostgreSQL安裝目錄中找到pg_hba.conf檔案，並新增以下行：
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
您可以啟動/重新啟動postgres伺服器，使用以下命令執行：
[root@host]# service postgresql restart
Stopping postgresql service: [ OK ]
Starting postgresql service: [ OK ]
Windows使用者必須啟用php_pgsql.dll才能使用此擴充套件名。這個DLL包含在最新版本的PHP 5.3.x中的Windows發行版中。
以下PHP程式碼顯示如何連線到本地機器上的現有資料庫，最後將返回資料庫連線物件。
<?php
$host = "host=127.0.0.1";
$port = "port=5432";
$dbname = "dbname=testdb";
$credentials = "user=postgres password=pass123";
$db = pg_connect( "$host $port $dbname $credentials" );
if(!$db){
echo "Error : Unable to open database\n";
} else {
echo "Opened database successfully\n";
}
?>
現在，讓我們執行上面的程式開啟資料庫:testdb，如果成功開啟資料庫連線，那麼它將給出以下訊息：
Opened database successfully
以下PHP程式將用於在之前建立的資料庫(testdb)中建立一個表：
<?php
$host = "host=127.0.0.1";
$port = "port=5432";
$dbname = "dbname=testdb";
$credentials = "user=postgres password=pass123";
$db = pg_connect( "$host $port $dbname $credentials" );
if(!$db){
echo "Error : Unable to open database\n";
} else {
echo "Opened database successfully\n";
}
$sql =<<<EOF
CREATE TABLE COMPANY
(ID INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
NAME TEXT NOT NULL,
AGE INT NOT NULL,
ADDRESS CHAR(50),
SALARY REAL);
EOF;
$ret = pg_query($db, $sql);
if(!$ret){
echo pg_last_error($db);
} else {
echo "Table created successfully\n";
}
pg_close($db);
?>
當執行上述程式時，它將在testdb資料庫中建立COMPANY表，並顯示以下訊息：
Opened database successfully
Table created successfully
以下PHP程式顯示了如何在上述範例中建立的COMPANY表中建立記錄：
<?php
$host = "host=127.0.0.1";
$port = "port=5432";
$dbname = "dbname=testdb";
$credentials = "user=postgres password=pass123";
$db = pg_connect( "$host $port $dbname $credentials" );
if(!$db){
echo "Error : Unable to open database\n";
} else {
echo "Opened database successfully\n";
}
$sql =<<<EOF
INSERT INTO COMPANY (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)
VALUES (1, 'Paul', 32, 'California', 20000.00 );
INSERT INTO COMPANY (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)
VALUES (2, 'Allen', 25, 'Texas', 15000.00 );
INSERT INTO COMPANY (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)
VALUES (3, 'Teddy', 23, 'Norway', 20000.00 );
INSERT INTO COMPANY (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)
VALUES (4, 'Mark', 25, 'Rich-Mond ', 65000.00 );
EOF;
$ret = pg_query($db, $sql);
if(!$ret){
echo pg_last_error($db);
} else {
echo "Records created successfully\n";
}
pg_close($db);
?>
當執行上述程式時，它將在COMPANY表中建立給定的記錄，並顯示以下兩行：
Opened database successfully
Records created successfully
以下PHP程式顯示了如何從上述範例中建立的COMPANY表中獲取和顯示記錄：
<?php
$host = "host=127.0.0.1";
$port = "port=5432";
$dbname = "dbname=testdb";
$credentials = "user=postgres password=pass123";
$db = pg_connect( "$host $port $dbname $credentials" );
if(!$db){
echo "Error : Unable to open database\n";
} else {
echo "Opened database successfully\n";
}
$sql =<<<EOF
SELECT * from COMPANY;
EOF;
$ret = pg_query($db, $sql);
if(!$ret){
echo pg_last_error($db);
exit;
}
while($row = pg_fetch_row($ret)){
echo "ID = ". $row[0] . "\n";
echo "NAME = ". $row[1] ."\n";
echo "ADDRESS = ". $row[2] ."\n";
echo "SALARY = ".$row[4] ."\n\n";
}
echo "Operation done successfully\n";
pg_close($db);
?>
當執行上述程式時，將產生以下結果。 請記下，在建立表時按照它們使用的順序返回欄位。
Opened database successfully
ID = 1
NAME = Paul
ADDRESS = California
SALARY = 20000
ID = 2
NAME = Allen
ADDRESS = Texas
SALARY = 15000
ID = 3
NAME = Teddy
ADDRESS = Norway
SALARY = 20000
ID = 4
NAME = Mark
ADDRESS = Rich-Mond
SALARY = 65000
Operation done successfully
以下PHP程式碼顯示了如何使用UPDATE語句來更新指定記錄，然後從COMPANY表中獲取並顯示更新的記錄：
<?php
$host = "host=127.0.0.1";
$port = "port=5432";
$dbname = "dbname=testdb";
$credentials = "user=postgres password=pass123";
$db = pg_connect( "$host $port $dbname $credentials" );
if(!$db){
echo "Error : Unable to open database\n";
} else {
echo "Opened database successfully\n";
}
$sql =<<<EOF
UPDATE COMPANY set SALARY = 25000.00 where ID=1;
EOF;
$ret = pg_query($db, $sql);
if(!$ret){
echo pg_last_error($db);
exit;
} else {
echo "Record updated successfully\n";
}
$sql =<<<EOF
SELECT * from COMPANY;
EOF;
$ret = pg_query($db, $sql);
if(!$ret){
echo pg_last_error($db);
exit;
}
while($row = pg_fetch_row($ret)){
echo "ID = ". $row[0] . "\n";
echo "NAME = ". $row[1] ."\n";
echo "ADDRESS = ". $row[2] ."\n";
echo "SALARY = ".$row[4] ."\n\n";
}
echo "Operation done successfully\n";
pg_close($db);
?>
執行上述程式時，會產生以下結果：
Opened database successfully
Record updated successfully
ID = 2
NAME = Allen
ADDRESS = 25
SALARY = 15000
ID = 3
NAME = Teddy
ADDRESS = 23
SALARY = 20000
ID = 4
NAME = Mark
ADDRESS = 25
SALARY = 65000
ID = 1
NAME = Paul
ADDRESS = 32
SALARY = 25000
Operation done successfully
以下PHP程式碼顯示了如何使用DELETE語句刪除指定記錄，然後從COMPANY表中獲取並顯示剩餘的記錄：
<?php
$host = "host=127.0.0.1";
$port = "port=5432";
$dbname = "dbname=testdb";
$credentials = "user=postgres password=pass123";
$db = pg_connect( "$host $port $dbname $credentials" );
if(!$db){
echo "Error : Unable to open database\n";
} else {
echo "Opened database successfully\n";
}
$sql =<<<EOF
DELETE from COMPANY where ID=2;
EOF;
$ret = pg_query($db, $sql);
if(!$ret){
echo pg_last_error($db);
exit;
} else {
echo "Record deleted successfully\n";
}
$sql =<<<EOF
SELECT * from COMPANY;
EOF;
$ret = pg_query($db, $sql);
if(!$ret){
echo pg_last_error($db);
exit;
}
while($row = pg_fetch_row($ret)){
echo "ID = ". $row[0] . "\n";
echo "NAME = ". $row[1] ."\n";
echo "ADDRESS = ". $row[2] ."\n";
echo "SALARY = ".$row[4] ."\n\n";
}
echo "Operation done successfully\n";
pg_close($db);
?>
執行上述程式時，會產生以下結果：
Opened database successfully
Record deleted successfully
ID = 3
NAME = Teddy
ADDRESS = 23
SALARY = 20000
ID = 4
NAME = Mark
ADDRESS = 25
SALARY = 65000
ID = 1
NAME = Paul
ADDRESS = 32
SALARY = 25000
Operation done successfully