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Asked: 2026-05-17T01:58:10+00:00

I stumbled upon this question from two years ago. Is there a way to

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I stumbled upon this question from two years ago.

Is there a way to get the raw SQL string executed when calling PDOStatement::execute() on a prepared statement? For debugging purposes this would be extremely useful.

The winning answer states that

[…] You can also get what you want if you
set the PDO attribute
PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES. In this
mode, PDO interpolate parameters into
the SQL query and sends the whole
query when you execute().

But it doesn’t mention how to get the resulting query string. I know it’s a bad idea performance wise but that doesn’t bother me in debug mode. Does anybody know how to do this?

PS If there is some way I could have reopened / drawn attention to the original two year old topic instead of opening a new one, please let me know.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I believe this is mentioned in the original question that was reference in this one. However
    there is actually supposed to be a method for retrieving this data.

    PDOStatement::debugDumpParams

    However it isn’t currently working as documented. There is a bug report and patch submitted for it here http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52384 in case anyone is interested in voting on it. Until it’s fixed it seems like you are left to use query logging or setting a custom statement class using the PDO::ATTR_STATEMENT_CLASS attribute.

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