PHP Prepared Statements: Echo the Result - php

Question

i want to Display the Result ('Positio: 2' or 'Position: 1') via a Echo
but $statement is a Object of class PDOStatement and not a String, how do i get it to see only the result of $statement? Thank you
<?php
$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb1', 'root', '');
$idV = $_GET['id'];
$statement = $pdo->prepare("SELECT position FROM idtabelle WHERE idnumber = ?");
$statement->execute(array($idV));
echo "Position: //$result_Of_Statement\\ ";
?>

Answer 1

Here's how I would do it:
$statement = $pdo->prepare("SELECT position FROM idtabelle WHERE idnumber = :idV");
$statement->bindParam(':idV', $idV);
$statement->execute();
while ($row = $statement->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
{
echo $row['position'];
}
You could also do away with the while loop if you wanted to.

Answer 2

I would fetch the result and use print_r or var_dump to see the result quickly.
$statement = $pdo->prepare("SELECT position FROM idtabelle WHERE idnumber = ?");
$statement->execute(array($idV));
$result = $statement->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); //Or fetchAll()
echo "Position: ". print_r($result);
That's a quick and dirty way to inspect the result. If you want to add some formatting:
$result = $statement->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
for( $result as $key=>$value ){
echo ucfirst($key) .": $value \n";
}
If you want to get multiple rows wrap that in a loop where you fetch a new row each iteration
while( $result = $statement->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) ){
echo "===New Row===";
for( $result as $key=>$value ){
echo ucfirst($key) .": $value \n";
}
}