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427<div class="section" id="information-from-executing-a-query">
428<h2>Information From Executing a Query<a class="headerlink" href="#information-from-executing-a-query" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
429<p><strong>$this-&gt;db-&gt;insert_id()</strong></p>
430<p>The insert ID number when performing database inserts.</p>
431<div class="admonition note">
432<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
433<p class="last">If using the PDO driver with PostgreSQL, or using the Interbase
434driver, this function requires a $name parameter, which specifies the
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437<p><strong>$this-&gt;db-&gt;affected_rows()</strong></p>
438<p>Displays the number of affected rows, when doing “write” type queries
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441<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
442<p class="last">In MySQL “DELETE FROM TABLE” returns 0 affected rows. The database
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447<p><strong>$this-&gt;db-&gt;last_query()</strong></p>
448<p>Returns the last query that was run (the query string, not the result).
449Example:</p>
450<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$str</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">last_query</span><span class="p">();</span>
451
452<span class="c1">// Produces: SELECT * FROM sometable....</span>
453</pre></div>
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455<div class="admonition note">
456<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
457<p class="last">Disabling the <strong>save_queries</strong> setting in your database
458configuration will render this function useless.</p>
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462<h2>Information About Your Database<a class="headerlink" href="#information-about-your-database" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
463<p><strong>$this-&gt;db-&gt;count_all()</strong></p>
464<p>Permits you to determine the number of rows in a particular table.
465Submit the table name in the first parameter. Example:</p>
466<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">count_all</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;my_table&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
467
468<span class="c1">// Produces an integer, like 25</span>
469</pre></div>
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471<p><strong>$this-&gt;db-&gt;platform()</strong></p>
472<p>Outputs the database platform you are running (MySQL, MS SQL, Postgres,
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474<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">platform</span><span class="p">();</span>
475</pre></div>
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477<p><strong>$this-&gt;db-&gt;version()</strong></p>
478<p>Outputs the database version you are running:</p>
479<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">version</span><span class="p">();</span>
480</pre></div>
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483<div class="section" id="making-your-queries-easier">
484<h2>Making Your Queries Easier<a class="headerlink" href="#making-your-queries-easier" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
485<p><strong>$this-&gt;db-&gt;insert_string()</strong></p>
486<p>This function simplifies the process of writing database inserts. It
487returns a correctly formatted SQL insert string. Example:</p>
488<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;name&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;email&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nv">$email</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;url&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nv">$url</span><span class="p">);</span>
489
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491</pre></div>
492</div>
493<p>The first parameter is the table name, the second is an associative
494array with the data to be inserted. The above example produces:</p>
495<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">INSERT</span> <span class="nx">INTO</span> <span class="nx">table_name</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">email</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">url</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="nx">VALUES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Rick&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;rick@example.com&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;example.com&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
496</pre></div>
497</div>
498<div class="admonition note">
499<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
500<p class="last">Values are automatically escaped, producing safer queries.</p>
501</div>
502<p><strong>$this-&gt;db-&gt;update_string()</strong></p>
503<p>This function simplifies the process of writing database updates. It
504returns a correctly formatted SQL update string. Example:</p>
505<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;name&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;email&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nv">$email</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;url&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nv">$url</span><span class="p">);</span>
506
507<span class="nv">$where</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;author_id = 1 AND status = &#39;active&#39;&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
508
509<span class="nv">$str</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">update_string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;table_name&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$where</span><span class="p">);</span>
510</pre></div>
511</div>
512<p>The first parameter is the table name, the second is an associative
513array with the data to be updated, and the third parameter is the
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515<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">UPDATE</span> <span class="nx">table_name</span> <span class="nx">SET</span> <span class="nx">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Rick&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">email</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;rick@example.com&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;example.com&#39;</span> <span class="nx">WHERE</span> <span class="nx">author_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="k">AND</span> <span class="nx">status</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;active&#39;</span>
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