If you want to use a DSN-less connection to a database (access for example) and return the results of a query as a multidimensional array with the fieldnames as identifier try this. Hope it helps someone :-)
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<?php
function db($sql) {
$c = new COM("ADODB.Connection");
$c->open('DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=' . realpath("relative_path/db.mdb"));
$r = $c->execute($sql);
$i = 0;
$num_fields = $r->fields->count();
while (!$r->EOF)
{
for($j = 0;$j<$num_fields;$j++) {
$key = $r->Fields($j);
$r_items[$i][$key->name] = $key->value;
}
$i++;
$r->MoveNext();
}
$r->close();
$c->close();
$r = null;
$c = null;
return $r_items;
}
?>
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use it like this:
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<?php
$results = db("SELECT field_a, field_b FROM table");
foreach($result as $i => $item) {
echo $item['field_a'];
echo $item['field_b'];
}
?>
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You can also use: print_r($result); if you want the structure of the array to be printed.
