As an alternative to marcini's suggestion:
You can use:
$dbh->setAttribute(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY, true);
...on your PDO connection object to allow query buffering in MySQL. This will eliminate the problem of re-preparing an unclosed statement object.
PDOStatement->fetch()
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PECL pdo:0.1-1.0.3)
PDOStatement->fetch() — Fetches the next row from a result set
Descrição
Fetches a row from a result set associated with a PDOStatement object. The fetch_style parameter determines how PDO returns the row.
Parâmetros
- fetch_style
-
Controls how the next row will be returned to the caller. This value must be one of the PDO::FETCH_* constants, defaulting to PDO::FETCH_BOTH.
PDO::FETCH_ASSOC: returns an array indexed by column name as returned in your result set
PDO::FETCH_BOTH (default): returns an array indexed by both column name and 0-indexed column number as returned in your result set
PDO::FETCH_BOUND: returns TRUE and assigns the values of the columns in your result set to the PHP variables to which they were bound with the PDOStatement->bindColumn() method
PDO::FETCH_CLASS: returns a new instance of the requested class, mapping the columns of the result set to named properties in the class. If fetch_style includes PDO::FETCH_CLASSTYPE (e.g. PDO::FETCH_CLASS | PDO::FETCH_CLASSTYPE) then the name of the class is determined from a value of the first column.
PDO::FETCH_INTO: updates an existing instance of the requested class, mapping the columns of the result set to named properties in the class
PDO::FETCH_LAZY: combines PDO::FETCH_BOTH and PDO::FETCH_OBJ, creating the object variable names as they are accessed
PDO::FETCH_NUM: returns an array indexed by column number as returned in your result set, starting at column 0
PDO::FETCH_OBJ: returns an anonymous object with property names that correspond to the column names returned in your result set
- cursor_orientation
-
For a PDOStatement object representing a scrollable cursor, this value determines which row will be returned to the caller. This value must be one of the PDO::FETCH_ORI_* constants, defaulting to PDO::FETCH_ORI_NEXT. To request a scrollable cursor for your PDOStatement object, you must set the PDO::ATTR_CURSOR attribute to PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL when you prepare the SQL statement with PDO->prepare().
- offset
-
For a PDOStatement object representing a scrollable cursor for which the cursor_orientation parameter is set to PDO::FETCH_ORI_ABS, this value specifies the absolute number of the row in the result set that shall be fetched.
For a PDOStatement object representing a scrollable cursor for which the cursor_orientation parameter is set to PDO::FETCH_ORI_REL, this value specifies the row to fetch relative to the cursor position before PDOStatement->fetch() was called.
Valor Retornado
The return value of this function on success depends on the fetch type. In all cases, FALSE is returned on failure.
Exemplos
Example#1 Fetching rows using different fetch styles
<?php
$sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT name, colour FROM fruit");
$sth->execute();
/* Exercise PDOStatement::fetch styles */
print("PDO::FETCH_ASSOC: ");
print("Return next row as an array indexed by column name\n");
$result = $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
print_r($result);
print("\n");
print("PDO::FETCH_BOTH: ");
print("Return next row as an array indexed by both column name and number\n");
$result = $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOTH);
print_r($result);
print("\n");
print("PDO::FETCH_LAZY: ");
print("Return next row as an anonymous object with column names as properties\n");
$result = $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_LAZY);
print_r($result);
print("\n");
print("PDO::FETCH_OBJ: ");
print("Return next row as an anonymous object with column names as properties\n");
$result = $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
print $result->NAME;
print("\n");
?>
O exemplo acima irá imprimir:
PDO::FETCH_ASSOC: Return next row as an array indexed by column name Array ( [NAME] => apple [COLOUR] => red ) PDO::FETCH_BOTH: Return next row as an array indexed by both column name and number Array ( [NAME] => banana [0] => banana [COLOUR] => yellow [1] => yellow ) PDO::FETCH_LAZY: Return next row as an anonymous object with column names as properties PDORow Object ( [NAME] => orange [COLOUR] => orange ) PDO::FETCH_OBJ: Return next row as an anonymous object with column names as properties kiwi
Example#2 Fetching rows with a scrollable cursor
<?php
function readDataForwards($dbh) {
$sql = 'SELECT hand, won, bet FROM mynumbers ORDER BY BET';
try {
$stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql, array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL));
$stmt->execute();
while ($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM, PDO::FETCH_ORI_NEXT)) {
$data = $row[0] . "\t" . $row[1] . "\t" . $row[2] . "\n";
print $data;
}
$stmt = null;
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
print $e->getMessage();
}
}
function readDataBackwards($dbh) {
$sql = 'SELECT hand, won, bet FROM mynumbers ORDER BY bet';
try {
$stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql, array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL));
$stmt->execute();
$row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM, PDO::FETCH_ORI_LAST);
do {
$data = $row[0] . "\t" . $row[1] . "\t" . $row[2] . "\n";
print $data;
} while ($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM, PDO::FETCH_ORI_PRIOR));
$stmt = null;
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
print $e->getMessage();
}
}
print "Reading forwards:\n";
readDataForwards($conn);
print "Reading backwards:\n";
readDataBackwards($conn);
?>
O exemplo acima irá imprimir:
Reading forwards: 21 10 5 16 0 5 19 20 10 Reading backwards: 19 20 10 16 0 5 21 10 5
PDOStatement->fetch()
28-Jan-2008 03:17
28-Oct-2007 07:42
If you to use a new instance of a class for a record you can use:
<?php
include_once("user.class");
$sth = $db->prepare("SELECT * FROM user WHERE id = 1");
/* create instance automatically */
$sth->setFetchMode( PDO::FETCH_CLASS, 'user');
$sth->execute();
$user = $sth->fetch( PDO::FETCH_CLASS );
$sth->closeCursor();
print ($user->id);
/* or create an instance yourself and use it */
$user= new user();
$sth->setFetchMode( PDO::FETCH_INTO, $user);
$sth->execute();
$user= $sth->fetch( PDO::FETCH_INTO );
$sth->closeCursor();
print ($user->id);
?>
16-Aug-2007 04:52
When you do a SELECT query for one row, and want to check if it's there, you don't need to count the fetchAll() result, you can just check if $result->fetch() is true:
<?php
$bbnq = sprintf("SELECT login
FROM users
WHERE id = %u",27);
try
{ $req = $db_bbn->query($bbnq); }
catch (Exception $e)
{ bbnf_pdo_error($e,__FILE__,__LINE__); }
if ( $r = $req->fetch() )
{ echo "This query has a row result"; }
else
{ echo "This query has an empty result"; }
?>
07-Apr-2007 10:18
Regarding the two previous notes - I downloaded the "latest CVS" a week ago for Windows and was surprised to notice that this issue is gone there, ie you don't have to close cursor before doing next query.
05-Apr-2007 06:53
as an alternative for marcini's note:
just clear the statement variable before you issue another query:
<?php
$stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT * FROM test');
// fetch only the first row
$row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
// clear the variable so its contents are destroyed (including the other rows in the result)
$stmt = null;
// now you can issue another query
$stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT * FROM test2');
?>
02-Apr-2007 08:41
Be careful with fetch() when you use prepared statements and MySQL (I don`t know how it is with other databases). Fetch won`t close cursor and won`t let you send any other query, even if your result set has only one row, .
If you use $statement->fetch(), you will also have to use $statement->closeCursor() afterwards, to be albe to execute another query.
Alternatively you can use $statement->fetchAll() without $statement->closeCursor().

PDOStatement->execute()