Query/README.md
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# Query
A query builder/abstraction layer, using prepared queries for security.
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## Requirements
* Pdo extensions for the databases you wish to use (unless it's Firebird, in which case, the interbase extension is required)
* PHP 5.2+
## Databases Supported
* Firebird
* MySQL
* PostgreSQL
* SQLite
* Others, via ODBC
## Including Query in your application
To include Query in your PHP project, just include the `autoload.php` file. This will automatically load the classes that are supported by the current PHP installation.
## Connecting
Create a connection array or object similar to this:
<?php
$params = array(
'type' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'user' => 'root',
'pass' => '',
'port' => '3306',
'database' => 'test_db',
// Only required
// SQLite or Firebird
'file' => '/path/to/db/file',
);
$db = new Query_Builder($params);
The parameters required depend on the database.
### Running Queries
Query uses the same interface as CodeIgniter's [Active Record class](http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/active_record.html). However, it does not implement the `select_` methods, `count_all_results`, `distinct`, `having`, `or_having`, `get_compiled_query`, `insert_batch`, `update_batch`, or `count_all` methods.
#### Retrieving Results
An example of a moderately complex query:
$query = $db->select('id, key as k, val')
->from('table t')
->where('k >', 3)
->or_where('id !=' 5)
->order_by('val', 'DESC')
->limit(3, 1)
->get();
This will generate a query similar to (with this being the output for a Postgres database):
SELECT "id", "key" AS "k", "val"
FROM "table" "t"
WHERE "k" > ?
OR "id" != ?
ORDER BY "val" DESC
LIMIT 3 OFFSET 1
To retreive the results of a query, use the PDO method [fetch](http://php.net/manual/en/pdostatement.fetch.php) and/or [fetchAll](http://php.net/manual/en/pdostatement.fetchall.php).
$query = $db->get('table_name');
$results = $query->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);