Use can use pg_fetch_result when getting a value (like a smallint as in this example) returned by your stored procedure
<?php
$pgConnection = pg_connect("dbname=users user=me");
$userNameToCheckFor = "metal";
$result = pg_query($pgConnection, "SELECT howManyUsersHaveThisName('$userNameToCheckFor')");
$count = pg_fetch_result($result, 0, 'howManyUsersHaveThisName');
?>
pg_fetch_result
说明
mixed pg_fetch_result ( resource result, int row, mixed field )pg_fetch_result() 根据由 pg_query() 返回的 result 资源返回相应的值。row 为整型数。field 为字段名（字符串）或字段索引（整数）。row 和 field 指明了查询结果中的哪个单元被返回。行编号从 0 开始。除了用字段名之外，还可以用不带引号的数字作为字段索引。字段索引从 0 开始。
PostgreSQL 有很多内置的类型，这里只直接支持基本类型。所有形式的 integer，boolean 和 void 类型都被返回为 integer 值。所有形式的 float 和 real 类型都被返回为 float 值。Boolean 类型被返回为 "t" 或者 "f"。所有其它类型包括数组都被返回为字符串，该字符串的格式和默认的 PostgreSQL 风格一样，可以在 psql 程序中看到。
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Akbar
02-Dec-2004 12:01
02-Dec-2004 12:01
newby_AT_nobletec_DOT_com
04-Sep-2002 11:12
04-Sep-2002 11:12
Comment on boolean fields:
If you retrieve a boolean value from the PostgreSQL database, be aware that the value returned will be either the character 't' or the character 'f', not an integer. So, the statement
if (pg_fetch_result($rsRecords,0,'blnTrueFalseField')) {
echo "TRUE";
} else {
echo "FALSE";
}
will echo "TRUE" in either case (True or False stored in the field). In order to work as expected, do this instead:
if (pg_fetch_result($rsRecords,0,'blnTrueFalseField') == 't') {
echo "TRUE";
} else {
echo "FALSE";
}