Question

After several attempts to find a unique solution for my thought, I’ve had no chances to post this question here in the hope to find someone who can enlight me (if applicable).

I’m working on a “full featured” PHP class with several methods so I will be able to do what I’m willing to do in the future (that is, kinda of personal framework).

I’m stuck in the fetchRow() method of the class. I would like to use this method to fetch rows from a query AND I would like that this method automatically forms the proper data structure.

Now, assuming that I have a query like:

$query = mysql_query("SELECT name, surname FROM people", $dbHandle);

I would like to have this result (if applicable):

/*
 * var_dump example results after launching a while statement with
 * mysql_fetch_row.
 *
 * 2 fields (name,surname), 2 "master" arrays with corresponding values
 *
 */

array
 0 = array( ...names... )
 1 = array( ...surnames... )

Now, I tried several native PHP functions, user-defined functions, etc, without goals.

Maybe I’m crazy after these attempts, maybe this is not possible or maybe I can’t see a possible simple way to do that.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

Well you would just do something like:

$data = array();
while (false !== ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM)) {
   foreach($row as $key => $value) {
      if(!isset($data[$key]) {
         $data[$key] = array();
      }

      $data[$key][] = $value;
   }
}

That said…

1. Just use Doctrine – either the full ORM or the DBAL.
2. Dont use ext/mysql use PDO or Mysqli.