ST_PolygonFromText
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## Name

ST_PolygonFromText — Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not given, it defaults to 0.

## Synopsis

`geometry ST_PolygonFromText(`text WKT`)`;

`geometry ST_PolygonFromText(`text WKT, integer srid`)`;

## Description

Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not given, it defaults to 0. Returns null if WKT is not a polygon.

OGC SPEC 3.2.6.2 - option SRID is from the conformance suite

If you are absolutely sure all your WKT geometries are polygons, don't use this function. It is slower than ST_GeomFromText since it adds an additional validation step.

This method implements the OGC Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s3.2.6.2

This method implements the SQL/MM specification. SQL-MM 3: 8.3.6

## Examples

    SELECT ST_PolygonFromText('POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
    -71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
    st_polygonfromtext
    ------------------
    010300000001000000050000006...

    SELECT ST_PolygonFromText('POINT(1 2)') IS NULL as point_is_notpoly;

    point_is_not_poly
    ----------
    t

## See Also

ST_GeomFromText

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