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<div class="section" id="result-arrays"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Result Arrays</a><a class="headerlink" href="#result-arrays" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p><strong>result()</strong></p> <p>This method returns the query result as an array of <strong>objects</strong>, or <strong>an empty array</strong> on failure. Typically you’ll use this in a foreach loop, like this:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"YOUR QUERY"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">foreach</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">result</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">title</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">name</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">body</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The above method is an alias of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">result_object()</span></tt>.</p> <p>You can also pass a string to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">result()</span></tt> which represents a class to instantiate for each result object (note: this class must be loaded)</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"SELECT * FROM users;"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">foreach</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">result</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'User'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nv">$user</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$user</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">name</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="c1">// access attributes</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$user</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">reverse_name</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// or methods defined on the 'User' class</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p><strong>result_array()</strong></p> <p>This method returns the query result as a pure array, or an empty array when no result is produced. Typically you’ll use this in a foreach loop, like this:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"YOUR QUERY"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">foreach</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">result_array</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'title'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'name'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'body'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="result-rows"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Result Rows</a><a class="headerlink" href="#result-rows" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p><strong>row()</strong></p> <p>This method returns a single result row. If your query has more than one row, it returns only the first row. The result is returned as an <strong>object</strong>. Here’s a usage example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"YOUR QUERY"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">row</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">isset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">title</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">name</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">body</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If you want a specific row returned you can submit the row number as a digit in the first parameter:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">row</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>You can also add a second String parameter, which is the name of a class to instantiate the row with:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 1;"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">row</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'User'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">name</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="c1">// access attributes</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">reverse_name</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// or methods defined on the 'User' class</span> </pre></div> </div> <p><strong>row_array()</strong></p> <p>Identical to the above <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">row()</span></tt> method, except it returns an array. Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"YOUR QUERY"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">row_array</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">isset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'title'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'name'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'body'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If you want a specific row returned you can submit the row number as a digit in the first parameter:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">row_array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>In addition, you can walk forward/backwards/first/last through your results using these variations:</p> <blockquote> <div><div class="line-block"> <div class="line"><strong>$row = $query->first_row()</strong></div> <div class="line"><strong>$row = $query->last_row()</strong></div> <div class="line"><strong>$row = $query->next_row()</strong></div> <div class="line"><strong>$row = $query->previous_row()</strong></div> </div> </div></blockquote> <p>By default they return an object unless you put the word “array” in the parameter:</p> <blockquote> <div><div class="line-block"> <div class="line"><strong>$row = $query->first_row(‘array’)</strong></div> <div class="line"><strong>$row = $query->last_row(‘array’)</strong></div> <div class="line"><strong>$row = $query->next_row(‘array’)</strong></div> <div class="line"><strong>$row = $query->previous_row(‘array’)</strong></div> </div> </div></blockquote> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">All the methods above will load the whole result into memory (prefetching). Use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">unbuffered_row()</span></tt> for processing large result sets.</p> </div> <p><strong>unbuffered_row()</strong></p> <p>This method returns a single result row without prefetching the whole result in memory as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">row()</span></tt> does. If your query has more than one row, it returns the current row and moves the internal data pointer ahead.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"YOUR QUERY"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">while</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">unbuffered_row</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">title</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">name</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">body</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>You can optionally pass ‘object’ (default) or ‘array’ in order to specify the returned value’s type:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">unbuffered_row</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// object</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">unbuffered_row</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'object'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// object</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">unbuffered_row</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'array'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// associative array</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="custom-result-objects"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Custom Result Objects</a><a class="headerlink" href="#custom-result-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>You can have the results returned as an instance of a custom class instead of a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stdClass</span></tt> or array, as the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">result()</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">result_array()</span></tt> methods allow. This requires that the class is already loaded into memory. The object will have all values returned from the database set as properties. If these have been declared and are non-public then you should provide a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__set()</span></tt> method to allow them to be set.</p> <p>Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">User</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$id</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$email</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$username</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">protected</span> <span class="nv">$last_login</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">last_login</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$format</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">last_login</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$format</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">__set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$value</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span> <span class="o">===</span> <span class="s1">'last_login'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">last_login</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">DateTime</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">createFromFormat</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'U'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$value</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">__get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">isset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>In addition to the two methods listed below, the following methods also can take a class name to return the results as: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">first_row()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">last_row()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">next_row()</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">previous_row()</span></tt>.</p> <p><strong>custom_result_object()</strong></p> <p>Returns the entire result set as an array of instances of the class requested. The only parameter is the name of the class to instantiate.</p> <p>Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"YOUR QUERY"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$rows</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">custom_result_object</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'User'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">foreach</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$rows</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">id</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">email</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">last_login</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Y-m-d'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p><strong>custom_row_object()</strong></p> <p>Returns a single row from your query results. The first parameter is the row number of the results. The second parameter is the class name to instantiate.</p> <p>Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"YOUR QUERY"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">custom_row_object</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'User'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">isset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">email</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="c1">// access attributes</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">last_login</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Y-m-d'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// access class methods</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>You can also use the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">row()</span></tt> method in exactly the same way.</p> <p>Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">custom_row_object</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'User'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="result-helper-methods"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Result Helper Methods</a><a class="headerlink" href="#result-helper-methods" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p><strong>num_rows()</strong></p> <p>The number of rows returned by the query. Note: In this example, $query is the variable that the query result object is assigned to:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'SELECT * FROM my_table'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">num_rows</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">Not all database drivers have a native way of getting the total number of rows for a result set. When this is the case, all of the data is prefetched and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">count()</span></tt> is manually called on the resulting array in order to achieve the same result.</p> </div> <p><strong>num_fields()</strong></p> <p>The number of FIELDS (columns) returned by the query. Make sure to call the method using your query result object:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'SELECT * FROM my_table'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">num_fields</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> </div> <p><strong>free_result()</strong></p> <p>It frees the memory associated with the result and deletes the result resource ID. Normally PHP frees its memory automatically at the end of script execution. However, if you are running a lot of queries in a particular script you might want to free the result after each query result has been generated in order to cut down on memory consumption.</p> <p>Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'SELECT title FROM my_table'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">foreach</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">result</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">title</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">free_result</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// The $query result object will no longer be available</span> <span class="nv">$query2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'SELECT name FROM some_table'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query2</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">row</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$row</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">name</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$query2</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">free_result</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// The $query2 result object will no longer be available</span> </pre></div> </div> <p><strong>data_seek()</strong></p> <p>This method sets the internal pointer for the next result row to be fetched. It is only useful in combination with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">unbuffered_row()</span></tt>.</p> <p>It accepts a positive integer value, which defaults to 0 and returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'SELECT `field_name` FROM `table_name`'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">data_seek</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// Skip the first 5 rows</span> <span class="nv">$row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">unbuffered_row</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">Not all database drivers support this feature and will return FALSE. Most notably - you won’t be able to use it with PDO.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="class-reference"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5">Class Reference</a><a class="headerlink" href="#class-reference" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="CI_DB_result"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descname">CI_DB_result</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::result"> <tt class="descname">result</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$type = 'object'</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::result" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Type of requested results - array, object, or class name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Array containing the fetched rows</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">array</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>A wrapper for the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">result_array()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">result_object()</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">custom_result_object()</span></tt> methods.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-arrays">Result Arrays</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::result_array"> <tt class="descname">result_array</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::result_array" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Array containing the fetched rows</td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">array</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the query results as an array of rows, where each row is itself an associative array.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-arrays">Result Arrays</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::result_object"> <tt class="descname">result_object</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::result_object" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Array containing the fetched rows</td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">array</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the query results as an array of rows, where each row is an object of type <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stdClass</span></tt>.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-arrays">Result Arrays</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::custom_result_object"> <tt class="descname">custom_result_object</tt><big>(</big><em>$class_name</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::custom_result_object" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$class_name</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Class name for the resulting rows</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Array containing the fetched rows</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">array</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the query results as an array of rows, where each row is an instance of the specified class.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::row"> <tt class="descname">row</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$n = 0</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$type = 'object'</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::row" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$n</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Index of the query results row to be returned</li> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Type of the requested result - array, object, or class name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">The requested row or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>A wrapper for the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">row_array()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">row_object()</span> <span class="pre">and</span> <span class="pre">``custom_row_object()</span></tt> methods.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-rows">Result Rows</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::unbuffered_row"> <tt class="descname">unbuffered_row</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$type = 'object'</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::unbuffered_row" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Type of the requested result - array, object, or class name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Next row from the result set or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Fetches the next result row and returns it in the requested form.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-rows">Result Rows</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::row_array"> <tt class="descname">row_array</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$n = 0</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::row_array" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$n</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Index of the query results row to be returned</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">The requested row or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">array</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the requested result row as an associative array.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-rows">Result Rows</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::row_object"> <tt class="descname">row_object</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$n = 0</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::row_object" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$n</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Index of the query results row to be returned</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">The requested row or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">stdClass</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the requested result row as an object of type <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stdClass</span></tt>.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-rows">Result Rows</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::custom_row_object"> <tt class="descname">custom_row_object</tt><big>(</big><em>$n</em>, <em>$type</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::custom_row_object" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$n</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Index of the results row to return</li> <li><strong>$class_name</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Class name for the resulting row</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">The requested row or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">$type</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the requested result row as an instance of the requested class.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::data_seek"> <tt class="descname">data_seek</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$n = 0</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::data_seek" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$n</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Index of the results row to be returned next</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Moves the internal results row pointer to the desired offset.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-helper-methods">Result Helper Methods</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::set_row"> <tt class="descname">set_row</tt><big>(</big><em>$key</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$value = NULL</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::set_row" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$key</strong> (<em>mixed</em>) – Column name or array of key/value pairs</li> <li><strong>$value</strong> (<em>mixed</em>) – Value to assign to the column, $key is a single field name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">void</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Assigns a value to a particular column.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::next_row"> <tt class="descname">next_row</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$type = 'object'</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::next_row" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Type of the requested result - array, object, or class name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Next row of result set, or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the next row from the result set.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::previous_row"> <tt class="descname">previous_row</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$type = 'object'</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::previous_row" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Type of the requested result - array, object, or class name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Previous row of result set, or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the previous row from the result set.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::first_row"> <tt class="descname">first_row</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$type = 'object'</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::first_row" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Type of the requested result - array, object, or class name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">First row of result set, or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the first row from the result set.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::last_row"> <tt class="descname">last_row</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>$type = 'object'</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::last_row" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$type</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Type of the requested result - array, object, or class name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Last row of result set, or NULL if it doesn’t exist</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the last row from the result set.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::num_rows"> <tt class="descname">num_rows</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::num_rows" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Number of rows in the result set</td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">int</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the number of rows in the result set.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-helper-methods">Result Helper Methods</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::num_fields"> <tt class="descname">num_fields</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::num_fields" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Number of fields in the result set</td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">int</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns the number of fields in the result set.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-helper-methods">Result Helper Methods</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::field_data"> <tt class="descname">field_data</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::field_data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Array containing field meta-data</td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">array</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Generates an array of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stdClass</span></tt> objects containing field meta-data.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::free_result"> <tt class="descname">free_result</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::free_result" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">void</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Frees a result set.</p> <p>Usage: see <a class="reference internal" href="#result-helper-methods">Result Helper Methods</a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_DB_result::list_fields"> <tt class="descname">list_fields</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_DB_result::list_fields" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Array of column names</td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">array</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Returns an array 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