PHP-PDO fetch data using loop structure - php

Question

I am practicing using PDO fetch methods to retrieve data from the table. I would like to a counter in a while loop to retrieve data one row at a time. Please give me some advise how to accomplish this. Thanks!
Here are my 2 code samples using PDO::Query() and PDO::fetch() method.
code sample 1 using PDO::Query() Method
$sql = 'select first_name, last_name, pd, b_month, b_day, b_year from reg_data';
$birth_date = '';
try
{
foreach($con->query($sql) as $row)
{
print $row['first_name'] . " ";
print $row['last_name']. " ";
print $row['pd'] . " ";
$birth_date = $row['b_month'] . "-". $row['b_day'] . "-". $row['b_year'];
print "$birth_date";
}
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo " There is a problem with you db connection";
echo $e->getMessage();
}
sample 2 using PDO::fetch() method
try {
$con = new PDO ($dns, $db_uid, $db_pd, $option);
$con->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$sql = "select * from reg_data";
$stmt = $con->prepare($sql, array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL));
$stmt->execute();
//using cursor to interate through array
while($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM, PDO::FETCH_ORI_NEXT))
{
$data = $row[0].$row[1]. $row[2] .$row[3].$row[4].$row[5];
print $data;
}
$stmt = null; //close the handle
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo " There is a problem with you db connection";
print $get->getMessage();
}

Answer 1

I think you need PDO::fetchAll.
A code example straight from the tag wiki:
//connect
$dsn = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test;charset=utf8';
$opt = array(
PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC
);
$pdo = new PDO($dsn,'root','', $opt);
//retrieval
$stm = $pdo->prepare("select * from reg_data");
$stm->execute();
$data = $stm->fetchAll();
$cnt = count($data); //in case you need to count all rows
//output
?>
<table>
<? foreach ($data as $i => $row): ?>
<tr>
<td><?=$i+1?></td> <!-- in case you need a counter for each row -->
<td><?=htmlspecialchars($row['first_name'])?></td>
</tr>
<? endforeach ?>
</table>

Answer 2

You can use a variable and increment it in the loop
$counter++ ;