The PDO class

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# The PDO class

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL pdo >= 0.1.0)

## Introduction

Represents a connection between PHP and a database server.

## Class synopsis

class PDO {
/* Constants */
public const int PARAM_NULL;
public const int PARAM_BOOL = 5;
public const int PARAM_INT = 1;
public const int PARAM_STR = 2;
public const int PARAM_LOB = 3;
public const int PARAM_STMT = 4;
public const int PARAM_INPUT_OUTPUT;
public const int PARAM_STR_NATL;
public const int PARAM_STR_CHAR;
public const int PARAM_EVT_ALLOC;
public const int PARAM_EVT_FREE;
public const int PARAM_EVT_EXEC_PRE;
public const int PARAM_EVT_EXEC_POST;
public const int PARAM_EVT_FETCH_PRE;
public const int PARAM_EVT_FETCH_POST;
public const int PARAM_EVT_NORMALIZE;
public const int FETCH_DEFAULT;
public const int FETCH_LAZY;
public const int FETCH_ASSOC;
public const int FETCH_NUM;
public const int FETCH_BOTH;
public const int FETCH_OBJ;
public const int FETCH_BOUND;
public const int FETCH_COLUMN;
public const int FETCH_CLASS;
public const int FETCH_INTO;
public const int FETCH_FUNC;
public const int FETCH_GROUP;
public const int FETCH_UNIQUE;
public const int FETCH_KEY_PAIR;
public const int FETCH_CLASSTYPE;
public const int FETCH_SERIALIZE;
public const int FETCH_PROPS_LATE;
public const int FETCH_NAMED;
public const int ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT;
public const int ATTR_PREFETCH;
public const int ATTR_TIMEOUT;
public const int ATTR_ERRMODE;
public const int ATTR_SERVER_VERSION;
public const int ATTR_CLIENT_VERSION;
public const int ATTR_SERVER_INFO;
public const int ATTR_CONNECTION_STATUS;
public const int ATTR_CASE;
public const int ATTR_CURSOR_NAME;
public const int ATTR_CURSOR;
public const int ATTR_ORACLE_NULLS;
public const int ATTR_PERSISTENT;
public const int ATTR_STATEMENT_CLASS;
public const int ATTR_FETCH_TABLE_NAMES;
public const int ATTR_FETCH_CATALOG_NAMES;
public const int ATTR_DRIVER_NAME;
public const int ATTR_STRINGIFY_FETCHES;
public const int ATTR_MAX_COLUMN_LEN;
public const int ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES;
public const int ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE;
public const int ATTR_DEFAULT_STR_PARAM;
public const int ERRMODE_SILENT;
public const int ERRMODE_WARNING;
public const int ERRMODE_EXCEPTION;
public const int CASE_NATURAL;
public const int CASE_LOWER;
public const int CASE_UPPER;
public const int NULL_NATURAL;
public const int NULL_EMPTY_STRING;
public const int NULL_TO_STRING;
public const string ERR_NONE;
public const int FETCH_ORI_NEXT;
public const int FETCH_ORI_PRIOR;
public const int FETCH_ORI_FIRST;
public const int FETCH_ORI_LAST;
public const int FETCH_ORI_ABS;
public const int FETCH_ORI_REL;
public const int CURSOR_FWDONLY;
public const int CURSOR_SCROLL;
/* Methods */
public __construct(
string `$dsn`,
?string `$username` = `null`,
?string `$password` = `null`,
?array `$options` = `null`
)
public beginTransaction(): bool
public commit(): bool
public errorCode(): ?string
public errorInfo(): array
public exec(string `$statement`): int|false
public getAttribute(int `$attribute`): mixed
public static getAvailableDrivers(): array
public inTransaction(): bool
public lastInsertId(?string `$name` = `null`): string|false
public prepare(string `$query`, array `$options` = []): PDOStatement|false
public query(string `$query`, ?int `$fetchMode` = `null`): PDOStatement|false
public query(string `$query`, ?int `$fetchMode` = PDO::FETCH_COLUMN, int `$colno`): PDOStatement|false
public query(
string `$query`,
?int `$fetchMode` = PDO::FETCH_CLASS,
string `$classname`,
array `$constructorArgs`
): PDOStatement|false
public query(string `$query`, ?int `$fetchMode` = PDO::FETCH_INTO, object `$object`): PDOStatement|false
public quote(string `$string`, int `$type` = PDO::PARAM_STR): string|false
public rollBack(): bool
public setAttribute(int `$attribute`, mixed `$value`): bool
}

## Table of Contents

- PDO::beginTransaction — Initiates a transaction
- PDO::commit — Commits a transaction
- PDO::__construct — Creates a PDO instance representing a connection to a database
- PDO::errorCode — Fetch the SQLSTATE associated with the last operation on the database handle
- PDO::errorInfo — Fetch extended error information associated with the last operation on the database handle
- PDO::exec — Execute an SQL statement and return the number of affected rows
- PDO::getAttribute — Retrieve a database connection attribute
- PDO::getAvailableDrivers — Return an array of available PDO drivers
- PDO::inTransaction — Checks if inside a transaction
- PDO::lastInsertId — Returns the ID of the last inserted row or sequence value
- PDO::prepare — Prepares a statement for execution and returns a statement object
- PDO::query — Prepares and executes an SQL statement without placeholders
- PDO::quote — Quotes a string for use in a query
- PDO::rollBack — Rolls back a transaction
- PDO::setAttribute — Set an attribute