Yii - DAO

http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/database.dao

$connection=new CDbConnection($dsn,$username,$password);

$connection->active=true;

• SQLite: sqlite:/path/to/dbfile
• MySQL: mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb
• PostgreSQL: pgsql:host=localhost;port=5432;dbname=testdb
• SQL Server: mssql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb
• Oracle: oci:dbname=//localhost:1521/testdb

  'components'=>array(
        ......
        'db'=>array(
            'class'=>'CDbConnection',
            'connectionString'=>'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb',
            'username'=>'root',
            'password'=>'password',
            'emulatePrepare'=>true,  // needed by some MySQL installations
        ),
    ),

$connection=Yii::app()->db;

$command=$connection->createCommand($sql);
execute(): returns thenumber of rows that are affected
query(): CDbDataReader instance from which one can traverse the resulting rows of data
queryXXX() methods are also implemented whichdirectly return the query results.

$rowCount=$command->execute();   // execute the non-query SQL
$dataReader=$command->query();   // execute a query SQL
$rows=$command->queryAll();      // query and return all rows of result
$row=$command->queryRow();       // query and return the first row of result
$column=$command->queryColumn(); // query and return the first column of result
$value=$command->queryScalar();  // query and return the first field in the first row

$dataReader=$command->query();

while(($row=$dataReader->read())!==false) 
{ ... }

foreach($dataReader as $row) 
{ ... }

$rows=$dataReader->readAll();

$transaction=$connection->beginTransaction();
try
{
    $connection->createCommand($sql1)->execute();
    $connection->createCommand($sql2)->execute();
    //.... other SQL executions
    $transaction->commit();
}
catch(Exception $e) // an exception is raised if a query fails
{
    $transaction->rollback();
}

// an SQL with two placeholders ":username" and ":email"
$sql="INSERT INTO tbl_user (username, email) VALUES(:username,:email)";
$command=$connection->createCommand($sql);
// replace the placeholder ":username" with the actual username value
$command->bindParam(":username",$username,PDO::PARAM_STR);
// replace the placeholder ":email" with the actual email value
$command->bindParam(":email",$email,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$command->execute();
// insert another row with a new set of parameters
$command->bindParam(":username",$username2,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$command->bindParam(":email",$email2,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$command->execute();

6. Binding Columns

When fetching query results, one can also bind columns with PHP variablesso that they are automatically populated with the latest data each time arow is fetched.

$sql="SELECT username, email FROM tbl_user";
$dataReader=$connection->createCommand($sql)->query();
// bind the 1st column (username) with the $username variable
$dataReader->bindColumn(1,$username);
// bind the 2nd column (email) with the $email variable
$dataReader->bindColumn(2,$email);
while($dataReader->read()!==false)
{
    // $username and $email contain the username and email in the current row
}