MDB_Common::fetchOne()

MDB_Common::fetchOne() – fetch the first column of the first row

Synopsis

require_once 'MDB.php';

mixed &fetchOne ( resource $result )

Description

Fetch the first column of the first row of data returned from a result set and free the result set.

Parameter

resource $result

a valid resource returned by query() or executeQuery()

Return value

mixed - the returned value or a MDB_Error, if fail

Throws

Possible PEAR_Error values
Error code Error message Reason Solution
every other error code   Database specific error Check the database related section of PHP-Manual to detect the reason for this error. In the most cases a misformed SQL statement. Ie. using LIMIT in a SQL-Statement for an Oracle database.

Note

This function can not be called statically.