<?
    $db_server          = "localhost";    //internet address of database
    $db_name            = "add_book";           //name of the database
    $db_login           = "jmh3";         //login name of the db owner
    $db_password        = "";             //password corresponding to login
    $connect_mb = pg_pconnect ("host=$db_server user=$db_login dbname=$db_name"); 
    echo "connect result:$connect_mb<BR>";
    echo "Connect string: host=$db_server user=$db_login dbname=$db_name<BR>"; 
    $pg_exec($connect_mb, "begin");
?>

this is the result (HTML) of the script:
connect result:1<BR>Connect string: host=localhost user=jmh3 dbname=add_book<BR><br>
<b>Fatal error</b>:  Call to undefined function:  () in <b>/home/jmh3/public_html/mb/test.php</b> on line <b>11</b><br>

other info:
PHP Version 4.0RC1
Configure command: './configure' '--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs' '--with-mysql' '--with-pgsql=/usr/lib/pgsql/'

redhat 6.2
Apache/1.3.12


the only simular bug report i have found is this:
<A HREF=http://bugs.php.net/bugs.php3?id=2716>http://bugs.php.net/bugs.php3?id=2716</A> 
i recompiled/reconfigured from the tar.gz file and it didnt fix it

<snip>function:  () in</snip>
                this  ^^  is what i find odd. it seems to have forgotten the function.

i know in the example i am just beginning the transaction. i get the same result when i do a select or an insert.