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PDO::query

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PDO::query --  Executes an SQL statement, returning a result set as a PDOStatement object

Description

PDOStatement PDO::query ( string statement )

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

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().

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

PDO::exec()
PDO::prepare()
PDOStatement::execute()

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