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PDO->query()

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PECL pdo:0.2-1.0.3)

PDO->query() — Executes an SQL statement, returning a result set as a PDOStatement object

Description

PDO
PDOStatement query ( string $statement )
PDO
PDOStatement query ( string $statement , int $PDO::FETCH_COLUMN , int $colno )
PDO
PDOStatement query ( string $statement , int $PDO::FETCH_CLASS , string $classname , array $ctorargs )
PDO
PDOStatement query ( string $statement , int $PDO::FETCH_INTO , object $object )

PDO->query() 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->prepare() and issue the statement with multiple calls to PDOStatement->execute().

If you do not fetch all of the data in a result set before issuing your next call to PDO->query(), your call may fail. Call PDOStatement->closeCursor() to release the database resources associated with the PDOStatement object before issuing your next call to PDO->query().

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() on the resultant statement object.

Parameters

statement

The SQL statement to prepare and execute.

Return Values

PDO->query() returns a PDOStatement object.

Examples

Example#1 Demonstrate PDO::query

A nice feature of PDO->query() is that it enables you to iterate over the rowset returned by a successfully executed SELECT statement.

<?php
function getFruit($conn) {
    
$sql 'SELECT name, colour, calories FROM fruit ORDER BY name';
    foreach (
$conn->query($sql) as $row) {
        print 
$row['NAME'] . "\t";
        print 
$row['COLOUR'] . "\t";
        print 
$row['CALORIES'] . "\n";
    }
}
?>

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


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