class Database {
private $mysql;
function __construct($host, $username, $password, $db) {
$this->mysql = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $db) or die('There was a problem connecting to the database');
}
/**
* Simple query method. Pass in your SQL query as a parameter, and it'll do the rest
* and return an array of the returned rows
*
* @param string $query Should be equal to a SQL query for querying the database.
* @return array Returns an array of the returned rows from the db.
*/
public function query($query) {
$parameters = array();
$results = array();
$stmt = $this->mysql->prepare($query);
$stmt->execute();
$meta = $stmt->result_metadata();
while( $field = $meta->fetch_field() ) {
$parameters[] = &$row[$field->name];
}
call_user_func_array(array($stmt, 'bind_result'), $parameters);
while($stmt->fetch()) {
$x = array();
foreach($row as $key => $val ) {
// This next line isn't necessary for your project.
// It can be removed. I use it to ensure
// that the "excerpt" of the post doesn't end in the middle
// of a word.
if ( $key === 'excerpt') $val = $this->cleanExcerpt($row[$key]);
$x[$key] = $val;
}
$results[] = $x;
}
return $results;
}
}
$db = new Database('host', 'username' 'password', 'databaseName');
$items = $db->query("Your SQL query here");
print_r($items); // $items contains the returned rows