Question

Hi Guys I am having trouble on fetching object please see my code below.

Table Animals

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id   |   type    | name
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1      Cat         Muning
2      Kookaburra  Bruce
3      Dog         Bruce
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Animal.php

class Animal extends DatabaseObject{

static $db_fields;
static $table_name = 'animals';

public function animal_group(){
global $database;

$sql = "SELECT animal_name as ani_name, COUNT(animal_name) as quantity FROM " . static::$table_name . " GROUP BY animal_name";


$stmt = $database->query($sql);
return $result = $database->fetch_object($stmt);
}

}

$animal = new Animal();

index.php

<?php
require_once('includes/database.php');
require_once('includes/animal.php');
$ani = $animal->animal_group();

echo $ani->ani_name . " - " . $ani->quantity;
?>

Result

Bruce - 2

What it should be

Bruce - 2
Muning - 1

I also tried While and Foreach but still didn’t work.

Answer 1

Are you using PDO?.

Use fetchAll() instead of fetch_object.