Question

I want to fetch only one row from a database because I only expect one. However, with fetchAll I always have to unwrap the array first before I can access the meat:

$result = self::$db->fetchAll($select);
$result = $result[0];

Is there a better solution?

Answer 1

You can also use the fetchRow method, i.e.:

$result = self::$db->fetchRow($select);
// note that $result is a single object, not an array of objects

now you can access column name like this

  $myResult = $result->columnName;

See
http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.11/en/zend.db.adapter.html#zend.db.adapter.select.fetchrow