pg_prepare('stm_name', 'SELECT ...');

Warning: pg_prepare() [function.pg-prepare]: Query failed: ERROR: prepared statement "insert_av" already exists in xxx on line 221

try{
    $qrParamExist = pg_query_params("SELECT name FROM pg_prepared_statements WHERE name = $1", array($prepared_statement_name));
    if($qrParamExist){
        if(pg_num_rows($qrParamExist) != 0){
            echo 'parametized statement already created';
        }else{
            echo 'parametized statement not present';
        }
    }else{
        throw new Exception('Unable to query the database.');
    }
}catch(Exception $e){
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

try{
    $prepare = pg_prepare('my_stmt_name', "SELECT ...");
    if($prepare){
        $this->rayPrepared['my_stmt_name'] = true;
    }else{
        throw new Exception('Prepared statement failed.');
    }
}catch(Exception $e){
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

<?
$prepared_statement_name = 'activity1';
$mydbname = '...';

$conn = pg_connect("host=... port=... dbname=... user=... password=...");

$result = pg_query_params($conn, 'SELECT name FROM pg_prepared_statements WHERE name = $1', array($prepared_statement_name));

if (pg_num_rows($result) == 0) {
    $result = pg_prepare($conn, $prepared_statement_name, 'SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE datname =  $1');
}

$result = pg_execute($conn, $prepared_statement_name, array($mydbname));
while($row = pg_fetch_row($result)) {
    var_dump($row);
}