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Queries

If you prefer rows rather than beans you may want to use the SQL query functions provided by RedBeanPHP. To just execute a query:


    R::exec( 'update page set title="test" where id=1' );

To get a multidimensional array:


    R::getAll( 'select * from page' );

The result of such a query will be a multidimensional array:


    Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [id] => 1
                [title] => frontpage
                [text] => hello
            )
    
        [1] => Array
            (
                [id] => 2
                [title] => back
                [text] => bye
            )
    )

Note that you can use parameter bindings here as well:


    R::getAll( 'select * from page where title = :title', 
        array(':title'=>'home') 
    );

To fetch a single row:


    R::getRow('select * from page where title like ? limit 1',
        array('%Jazz%'));

The resulting array corresponds to one single row in the result set. For instance:


    Array
    (
        [id] => 1
        [title] => The Jazz Club
        [text] => hello
    )

To fetch a single column:


    R::getCol('select title from page');

The result array of this query will look like this:


    Array
    (
        [0] => frontpage
        [1] => The Jazz Club
        [2] => back
    )

And finally, a single cell...


    R::getCell('select title from page limit 1');

To get an associative array array with a specified key and value column use:


    R::$adapter->getAssoc('select id,title from page');

result:


    Array
    (
        [1] => frontpage
        [2] => The Jazz Club
        [3] => back
    )

In this case, the keys will be the IDs and the values will be the titles.

Converting records to beans

You can convert rows to beans using the convertToBeans() function:


    $sql = 'SELECT author.* FROM author 
        JOIN club WHERE club.id = 7 ';
    $rows = R::getAll($sql);
    $authors = R::convertToBeans('author',$rows);

There is no need to use mysql_real_escape as long as you use parameter binding.

Notice that we have used strings for our SQL. Did you know RedBeanPHP allows you to mix PHP and SQL as if they were one and the same language? Read about mixing SQL and PHP.


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