One of the reasons why they are returned as string (and I think the main reason) is that PHP has a limit to ints/doubles that is far much lower than SQL. If they return int many people would have issues.
I would recommend that you just create your own "passthrough" class that will set the type based on the schema (or list of columns you have in a config), this would be harder if those columns are dynamic though.On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 4:26 PM Yves Goergen <nospam.list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No, that doesn't change anything.
Meanwhile I've tried out the SQLite3 classes and found that their API is
very similar. I had almost no work adapting my code. These classes work
fine and return the real data type, not a converted view of it. And it
even allows resolving the SQL statement including bound parameter values
which is helpful for debugging. I'll keep that.
-Yves
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Betreff: PDO returns all data as strings?!
Try setting this option and see if it helps:
PDO::ATTR_STRINGIFY_FETCHES => false
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 3:31 PM Yves Goergen via php-general
<php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hello,
I just noticed a weird behaviour of PDO for my SQLite database and
found
a hint online. Just wanted to check here.
Is it correct that PDO will return all queried values from the fetch
method as string, no matter the actual data type? I couldn't find that
notice by glancing over the documentation. (Such an unexpected note
should be very well visible.)
If that's the case, can it be fixed immediately (for PHP 7.4 and
later)?
Or what alternatives to PDO could I use for SQLite only? I need
prepared
statements and parameter binding.
I know how SQLite handles data types, and it includes remembering the
type that was given to it. If PHP/PDO then destroys it, it's of very
limited use.
My code looks like this:
$ps = $this->connection->prepare('select * from table');
$ps->execute();
$record = $ps->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
-Yves
