tox2ik/php-mysqli-aliases

fetch-array, insert values, etc

php-mysqli-aliases

Not sure what the original authors were thinking in 2004, but I definetly don't want to write something like this just to fill a hash with records., _(*1)

if ($db->query("INSERT INTO studends ... ;")) {
    if ($res = mysqli_insert_id($db)) {
        if ($qRes = $db->query("SELECT * FROM exam_results WHERE studint_id ...")) {
            while ($rec = mysqli_fetch_assoc($qRes)) {
                $rows[] = $rec
            }
        }
    }
}

This is acceptable:, _(*2)

if (qInsert('insert into students ...;')) {
    $rows = qAssocAll("SELECT * FROM exam_results WHERE studint_id ...");
}

Helpers

qArrayAll()              - get array (hydrate: both)
qAssocAll()              - get array (hydrate: associative)
qArrayColumnAll()        - get all values of a single column
qArrayOne()              - get a single record
qAssocOne()              - get a single record (assoc)
qOne()                   - get a single record (assoc)
qEscape()                - escape ' and "
qExists()                - get a true boolean if a query produces results
qInsert()                - get the last inserted id after inserting
qInsertId()              - get the last inserted id without inserting anything
qLastId()                - get the last inserted id without inserting anything
qResult()                - query and get a result set
qPrep()                  - prepare a statement
qExecutePrepared()       - yep
qUpdate()                - get the number of affected rows    
qVar()                   - get a single value
qError()                 - get last error

Features

• reduces boilerplate
• supports mysqli and PDO with the same interface
• loggs all SQL errors to the error_log without die()
• returns array instead of false, empty or not.
• fetch one column as a flat list
• fetch a single value
• fetches in bulk (no while-fetch-one)
• returns the raw result object or resource if you need it