PDOStatement::setFetchMode

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL pdo >= 0.2.0)

PDOStatement::setFetchMode — Set the default fetch mode for this statement

Description

public PDOStatement::setFetchMode(int $mode): bool

public PDOStatement::setFetchMode(int $mode = PDO::FETCH_COLUMN, int $colno): bool

public PDOStatement::setFetchMode(int $mode = PDO::FETCH_CLASS, string $class, ?array $constructorArgs = null): bool

public PDOStatement::setFetchMode(int $mode = PDO::FETCH_INTO, object $object): bool

Parameters

mode: The fetch mode must be one of the PDO::FETCH_* constants.
colno: Column number.
class: Class name.
constructorArgs: Constructor arguments.
object: Object.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Setting the fetch mode

The following example demonstrates how PDOStatement::setFetchMode() changes the default fetch mode for a PDOStatement object.

<?php
$stmt = $dbh->query('SELECT name, colour, calories FROM fruit');
$stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_NUM);
foreach ($stmt as $row) {
    print $row[0] . "\t" . $row[1] . "\t" . $row[2] . "\n";
}

The above example will output something similar to:

apple   red     150
banana  yellow  250
orange  orange  300
kiwi    brown   75
lemon   yellow  25
pear    green   150

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User Contributed Notes

Dormilich at netscape dot net

14 years ago

if you want to fetch your result into a class (by using PDO::FETCH_CLASS) and want the constructor to be executed *before* PDO assings the object properties, you need to use the PDO::FETCH_PROPS_LATE constant:

<?php
$stmt = $pdo->prepare("your query");

$stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_CLASS|PDO::FETCH_PROPS_LATE, "className", $constructorArguments);

# pass parameters, if required by the query
$stmt->execute($parameters);

foreach ($stmt as $row)
{
    // do something with (each of) your object
}
?>

Kats

7 years ago

Something very helpful is knowing how to access namespaces from the function. It took me a minute (and Google) to figure out. The ::class property is going to be your best friend in this case.

<?php
$stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_CLASS, Name\Space\Class::class);
?>

stein_AT_rhrk.uni-kl.de

17 years ago

Some note on PDO :: FETCH_CLASS | PDO :: FETCH_CLASSTYPE

It took me some time, to realize, that you can not use this fetch-mode in $stm->setFetchMode(), when you want to retrieve objects from the database whereas the type is defined by the first column in the resultset.
You have to define this mode directly in the $stm->fetch() method.

To make it clearer:

$stm = $pdo->query("SELECT * FROM `foo`);
$stm->setFetchMode(FETCH_CLASS | PDO :: FETCH_CLASSTYPE);

$object = $stm->fetch();

Will not return the expected object, whereas

$stm = $pdo->query("SELECT * FROM `foo`");

$object = $stm->fetch(FETCH_CLASS | PDO :: FETCH_CLASSTYPE);

will give you the object of the class, defined in the first column of `foo`.