Version: 0.1
Type: Function
Category: Databases
License: GNU General Public License
Description: small function which takes some simple parameters and
returns a query much in the form a CFQUERY would in cfml. Used to help
aide CF developers move towards PHP. Currently only designed for postgres but would be nice to convert to multiplatform.
<? /* created by: mike wolf(init) date: November 20001 discription: small function which takes some simple parameters and returns a query much in the form a CFQUERY would in cfml. Used to help aide CF developers move towards PHP. Currently only designed for postgres but would be nice to convert to multiplatform. *example use: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $fields=@cfoutput("select * from products order by title","server.name","dbname","dbusernam","dbpassword"); if(array_values($fields) == 0 ) { for($i=0;$i<count($fields);$i++) { echo $fields["fieldname"][$i] . "<br>"; } } else { echo "no records"; } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ function cfquery($SQL,$DBSERVER,$DB,$USERNAME,$PASSWORD) { // make a connection and get a result $connection = pg_connect("host=$DBSERVER dbname=$DB user=$USERNAME password=$PASSWORD") or die("couldnt make a connection to DB"); // lets get the details for looping $sql_result=pg_exec($connection,$SQL) or die("query has errors in it"); $num = pg_numrows($sql_result); $fieldnum = pg_numfields($sql_result); //lets get those field names and populate the array for($i=0;$i<$fieldnum; $i++) { $fieldname[]=pg_fieldname($sql_result,$i); $fieldname2[pg_fieldname($sql_result,$i)][]=""; while($x<$num) { $row=pg_fetch_array($sql_result,$x); $fieldname2[pg_fieldname($sql_result,$i)][$x].=$row[pg_fieldname($sql_result,$i)]; $x++; } $x=0; } //FREE UP SOME MEMORY AND RETURN RESULTS pg_freeresult($sql_result); return $fieldname2; pg_close($connection); } ?>