$ psql webcms
psql (9.4.6)
Type "help" for help.
webcms2=# select * from calendar;
 id | course |   evdate   |      event
----+--------+------------+---------------------------
  1 |      4 | 2001-08-09 | Project Proposals due
 10 |      3 | 2001-08-01 | Tute/Lab Enrolments Close
 12 |      3 | 2001-09-07 | Assignment #1 Due (10pm)
 ...

$dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=webcms");
$result = pg_query($dbconn,"select * from calendar");
while ($tuple = pg_fetch_array($result))
   { ... $tuple["event"] ... }