Getting MSSQL Stored Proc Results with PHP PDO - php

Question

I have a reasonably complicated stored procedure in MSSQL 2008 R2 that, in the end, results in a small table being returned. The PHP will be called from javascript and I want it to return the array as JSON to be used in table in the javascript.
I am using PHP to access it and, using the profiler, can see that I am calling the SP and passing the correct parameters to it.
My PHP looks like this:
try {
$dbh = new PDO("sqlsrv:Server=(local);Database=cddDispo");
$dbh->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo json_encode("Error connecting to the server.");
die ();
}
$lot = $_POST["lot-input"];
$layerAdder = $_POST["layer-input"];
$adder = substr($layerAdder,-3,3);
$adder = str_replace('=','',$adder);
$layer = substr($layerAdder,0,strpos($layerAdder,' '));
$sth = $dbh->prepare('EXEC dbo.pullDispo ?,?,?');
$sth->bindParam(1,$lot,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$sth->bindParam(2,$layer,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$sth->bindParam(3,$adder,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$array = array();
try {
$sth->execute();
while($row = $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
//I want to build my output array here
}
}catch (PDOException $e) {
echo "Error getting data, please try again.";
die();
}
header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($array);
This is the first time that I have tried to return table results from a stored procedure and even with several PHP Manual/ Google searches I have not figured out how to capture the table back in the PHP. I have a less elegant workaround (write the SP table to a static table and call that table later in the PHP) but would rather figure out if I can do in a more elegant manner. Any advice is much appreciated.
I thought it might be useful if I posted my final code:
function array_push_assoc($array,$key,$value) {
$array[$key] = $value;
return $array;
}
header('Content-type: application/json');
try {
$dbh = new PDO('sqlsrv:Server=(local);Database=cddDispo');
$dbh->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo json_encode('Error connecting to the server.');
die ();
}
$lot = $_POST['lot'];
$layer = $_POST['layer'];
$adder = $_POST['adder'];
$sth = $dbh->prepare('EXEC dbo.pullDispo ?,?,?');
$sth->bindParam(1,$lot,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$sth->bindParam(2,$layer,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$sth->bindParam(3,$adder,PDO::PARAM_STR);
$results = array();
$combinedArray = array();
$array = array();
$count = 0;
try {
$sth->execute();
do {
$results[] = $sth->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
}while ($sth->nextRowset());
foreach($results as $row) {
if($count == 0) {
$headerArray =
[
'Lot' =>$row['Lot'],
'Layer' =>$row['Measured Layer'],
'Product' =>$row['MES Product'],
'Adder' =>$row['Adder Chart']
];
$combinedArray = array_push_assoc($combinedArray,'header',$headerArray);
}
$count++;
//This is for formatting of final table
if($row['UDL'] == 0) {
$udl = 'NA';
} else {
$udl = round($row['UDL'],4);
}
$infoArray =
[
'Wafer' =>$row['Wafer'],
'Type' =>$row['Type'],
'Count' =>$row['Count'],
'CDD' =>round($row['CDD'],3),
'UCL' =>round($row['UCL'],4)
];
array_push($array,$infoArray);
}
$combinedArray = array_push_assoc($combinedArray,'detail',$array);
}catch (PDOException $e) {
echo json_encode('Error running stored procedure.');
die();
}
echo json_encode($combinedArray);

Answer 1

Could it be that your stored procedure is returning multiple result sets? This includes output like warning messages or number of rows affected. Try adding SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF or SET NOCOUNT ON at the top of your stored procedures after the AS. You can also try advancing to the next result set in PHP before trying to get the results by calling $stg->nextRowset() before $sth->fetchAll().

Answer 2

Use fetchAll() to get your resultset, then encode that array as your json response:
$array = array();
try {
if($sth->execute()){
$array = $sth->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
}else{
$array = array('error'=>'failed to execute()')
}
}catch (PDOException $e) {
echo "Error getting data, please try again.";
die();
}
header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($array);

Answer 3

When you are calling a stored procedure with multiple result sets, you probably do not want to add SET NOCOUNT ON into every procedure you have; you always can add
$dbh->setAttribute(constant('PDO::SQLSRV_ATTR_DIRECT_QUERY'), true);
$dbh->query("SET NOCOUNT ON");
before of
$dbh->prepare($query);
and it will work.