note 101372 modified in function.pg-send-query by danbrown

pg_send_query would not stop your script from executing but it would stop the script from exiting. Example: <?php $con = pg_connect('dbname=payroll'); pg_send_query('SELECT process_payroll()'); // Where process_payroll is a super long process ?> You would still need to wait for the query to finish before the any display would be sent to the browser. And surprisingly, unlike pg_query this script would not generate the Maximum execution time error. --was-- pg_send_query would not stop your script from executing but it would stop the script from exiting. Example: $con = pg_connect('dbname=payroll'); pg_send_query('SELECT process_payroll()'); // Where process_payroll is a super long process You would still need to wait for the query to finish before the any display would be sent to the browser. And surprisingly, unlike pg_query this script would not generate the Maximum execution time error. http://php.net/manual/en/function.pg-send-query.php