(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)
pg_fetch_all_columns — Fetches all rows in a particular result column as an array
$result
   [, int $column = 0
  ] )pg_fetch_all_columns() returns an array that contains all rows (records) in a particular column of the result resource.
Note: This function sets NULL fields to the PHP
NULLvalue.
resultPostgreSQL query result resource, returned by pg_query(), pg_query_params() or pg_execute() (among others).
columnColumn number, zero-based, to be retrieved from the result resource. Defaults to the first column if not specified.
An array with all values in the result column.
   FALSE is returned if column is larger than the number 
   of columns in the result, or on any other error.
  
Example #1 pg_fetch_all_columns() example
<?php 
$conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
if (!$conn) {
  echo "An error occured.\n";
  exit;
}
$result = pg_query($conn, "SELECT title, name, address FROM authors");
if (!$result) {
  echo "An error occured.\n";
  exit;
}
// Get an array of all author names
$arr = pg_fetch_all_columns($result, 1);
var_dump($arr);
?>