Re: pg_connect: Call to undefined function pg_connect()

The changelog can be found here: https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php (pick
the appropriate version).

On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 4:14 PM Aziz Saleh <[email protected]> wrote:

> Check the php.ini and see that it has the extension set/uncommented
> (php_pgsql.dll). If that doesn't solve it try installing the php8.0-pgsql
> package.
>
> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 4:08 PM John <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have moved a number of php scripts from PHP 7.2.9 to PHP 8.0.27 and I
>> am encountering the
>> following error:
>> [05-Dec-2023 15:34:41 America/Toronto] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error:
>> Call to undefined function
>> pg_connect() in /usr/httpd/xxx0002.php:211
>>
>> line 211, which worked as expected up until now is:
>>   $db_handle = pg_connect('dbname=xxxx user=xxxx password=xxxx');
>> and the online docs show this as still acceptable but deprecated.  I
>> noticed that the result will be
>> a "PgSql\Connection" object.
>>
>> Two questions:
>> 1. since the syntax is still valid why am I getting an undefined function
>> error?
>>
>> 2. since the result is different, am I going to encounter a lot of other
>> problems in this conversion
>> and where can I find a full list of these changes?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
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>>
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