RE: [Phplib-users] fetch_array

[Layne W. <la...@of...>]

> > $db->query("SELECT sid FROM active_sessions LIMIT 1");
> > $db->next_record();
> >
> > echo $db->Record["sid"];
> >
> > next_record() puts the array in $db->Record.
>
> Is that "legal"?  I had avoided doing that because I was 
> afraid that it might break in future releases, sticking
> instead only to the documented API.

I suppose it isn't proper OOP - I've seen other people's code that does the
same, so I hadn't thought too much about it.  

If I'm only going to use the data once or twice, I'll use $db->f(), but when
I use the data many times over I want to save the function call and access
an array directly. I've modified my own next_record() to optionally return
the record array:
    $db->query("...");
    while($record = $db->next_record(true)) { ... }

Is this a shortcut that is useful and worthy of inclusion in the standard
distribution?


Layne Weathers
Ifworld Inc.