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<refentry xml:id="pdostatement.fetchcolumn" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>PDOStatement::fetchColumn</refname>
<refpurpose>
Returns a single column from the next row of a result set
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis role="PDOStatement">
<modifier>public</modifier> <type>mixed</type><methodname>PDOStatement::fetchColumn</methodname>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>column</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Returns a single column from the next row of a result set or &false; if
there are no more rows.
</para>
<note>
<para>
<methodname>PDOStatement::fetchColumn</methodname> should not be used to
retrieve boolean columns, as it is impossible to distinguish a value of
&false; from there being no more rows to retrieve. Use
<methodname>PDOStatement::fetch</methodname> instead.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>column</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
0-indexed number of the column you wish to retrieve from the row. If
no value is supplied, <methodname>PDOStatement::fetchColumn</methodname>
fetches the first column.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
<methodname>PDOStatement::fetchColumn</methodname> returns a single column
from the next row of a result set or &false; if there are no more rows.
</para>
<warning>
<para>
There is no way to return another column from the same row if you
use <methodname>PDOStatement::fetchColumn</methodname> to retrieve data.
</para>
</warning>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="errors">
&reftitle.errors;
&pdo.errors;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example><title>Return first column of the next row</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT name, colour FROM fruit");
$sth->execute();
print "Fetch the first column from the first row in the result set:\n";
$result = $sth->fetchColumn();
print "name = $result\n";
print "Fetch the second column from the second row in the result set:\n";
$result = $sth->fetchColumn(1);
print "colour = $result\n";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Fetch the first column from the first row in the result set:
name = lemon
Fetch the second column from the second row in the result set:
colour = red
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><methodname>PDO::query</methodname></member>
<member><methodname>PDOStatement::fetch</methodname></member>
<member><methodname>PDOStatement::fetchAll</methodname></member>
<member><methodname>PDO::prepare</methodname></member>
<member><methodname>PDOStatement::setFetchMode</methodname></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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