PHP PDO

PHP PDO HP Data object is a database connection abstraction library for PHP 5.

What is  PDO ?

• Its written in complied language(c/c++) , other php libraries are written in Interpreted language (AdoDB , PEAR DB)
• its lightweight database connection abstraction library

WHY PDO ?

• It support many databases , so you don’t need to write lines of code of each database , just write one code and run on any database
• Speed . PDO is written in complied language but others php libraries like PEAR DB ,Adodb are written in interpreted language.

PHP supports many databases like mysql , sqllite , postgre sql etc.

mysql_connect($host,$user,$password)

sqllite_open($host,$user,$password)

pg_connect($host,$user,$password)

so if you have to change your database from say mysql to postgre or viceversa , then you have to change your code , so you have to do rework on that.

thats way PDO cam ein picture , so that you have to write just one code and it will be work on any database platform without changing codes again and again.

PDO: Activation PHP Data Objects Extension

Goto PHP/ext folder and check whether pdo extension exists or not.

php_pdo.dll , php_pdo_mysql.dll etc.

To enable PDO , go to PHP.INI file and uncommnet the code

;extension=php_pdo.dll -> extension=php_pdo.dll

;extension=php_mysql_pdo.dll -> extension=php_mysql_pdo.dll

Restart your apache server.

PDO: connection to databases

//mysql connection

$con = new PDO(‘mysql:host=$host,dbname=$DB’,$user,$pwd);

//sqllite connection

$con = new PDO(‘sqllite:$DB’);

//postgre connection

$con = new PDO(‘pqsql:host=$host,dbname=$DB’,$user,$pwd);

or we can write like this also

<?php
// configuration
$dbtype		= "sqlite";
$dbhost 	= "localhost";
$dbname		= "test";
$dbuser		= "root";
$dbpass		= "admin";
$dbpath		= "c:/test.db";

// switching
switch($dbtype){
  case "mysql":
    $dbconn = "mysql:host=$dbhost;dbname=$dbname";
    break;

  case "sqlite":
    $dbconn = "sqlite:$dbpath";
	break;

  case "postgresql":
    $dbconn = "pgsql:host=$host dbname=$db";
	break;
}

// database connection
$conn = new PDO($dbconn,$user,$pass);

?>

PDO: Fetch Mode

// database connection
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$dbhost;dbname=$dbname",$dbuser,$dbpass);

// query
$sql = "SELECT title FROM books ORDER BY title";
$q	 = $conn->query($sql);

// fetch
while($r = $q->fetch()){
  print_r($r);
}

// result //Array ( [title] => PHP AJAX [0] => PHP AJAX )


// query
$sql = "SELECT title FROM books ORDER BY title";
$q	 = $conn->query($sql);
$q->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); //fetch association 
// fetch
while($r = $q->fetch()){
  print_r($r);
}

// result //Array ( [title] => PHP AJAX)


$q->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_NUM);

// fetch
while($r = $q->fetch()){
  print_r($r);
}

// result //Array ( [0] => PHP AJAX )
$q->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_BOTH);
$q	 = $conn->query($sql);

// fetch
while($r = $q->fetch()){
  print_r($r);
}

// result //Array ( [title] => PHP AJAX [0] => PHP AJAX ) 

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