PDO.QUERY(3) 1 PDO.QUERY(3)
PDO
::query - Executes an SQL statement, returning a result set as a PDOStatement object
SYNOPSIS
public PDOStatement PDO::query (string $statement)
DESCRIPTION
PDOStatement PDO::query (string $statement, int $PDO::FETCH_COLUMN, int $colno) PDOStatement PDO::query (string $statement, int
$PDO::FETCH_CLASS, string $classname, array $ctorargs) PDOStatement PDO::query (string $statement, int $PDO::FETCH_INTO, object
$object)
PDO.query(3) executes an SQL statement in a single function call, returning the result set (if any) returned by the statement as a
PDOStatement object.
For a query that you need to issue multiple times, you will realize better performance if you prepare a PDOStatement object using PDO.pre-
pare(3) and issue the statement with multiple calls to PDOStatement.execute(3).
If you do not fetch all of the data in a result set before issuing your next call to PDO.query(3), your call may fail. Call PDOState-
ment.closeCursor(3) to release the database resources associated with the PDOStatement object before issuing your next call to
PDO.query(3).
Note
Although this function is only documented as having a single parameter, you may pass additional arguments to this function. They
will be treated as though you called PDOStatement.setFetchMode(3) on the resultant statement object.
PARAMETERS
o $statement
- The SQL statement to prepare and execute. Data inside the query should be properly escaped.
RETURN VALUES
PDO.query(3) returns a PDOStatement object, or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Demonstrate PDO::query
A nice feature of PDO.query(3) is that it enables you to iterate over the rowset returned by a successfully executed SELECT state-
ment.
<?php
function getFruit($conn) {
$sql = 'SELECT name, color, calories FROM fruit ORDER BY name';
foreach ($conn->query($sql) as $row) {
print $row['name'] . " ";
print $row['color'] . " ";
print $row['calories'] . "
";
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
apple red 150
banana yellow 250
kiwi brown 75
lemon yellow 25
orange orange 300
pear green 150
watermelon pink 90
SEE ALSO
PDO.exec(3), PDO.prepare(3), PDOStatement.execute(3).
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