fields(array('name' => 'John', 'surname' => 'Doe')) * ->execute(); * @endcode * * db_update() example: * @code * // UPDATE {dbtng_example} SET name = 'Jane' WHERE name = 'John' * db_update('dbtng_example') * ->fields(array('name' => 'Jane')) * ->condition('name', 'John') * ->execute(); * @endcode * * db_delete() example: * @code * // DELETE FROM {dbtng_example} WHERE name = 'Jane' * db_delete('dbtng_example') * ->condition('name', 'Jane') * ->execute(); * @endcode * * See @link database Database Abstraction Layer @endlink * @see db_insert() * @see db_update() * @see db_delete() * @see drupal_write_record() */ /** * Save an entry in the database. * * The underlying DBTNG function is db_insert(). * * In Drupal 6, this would have been: * @code * db_query( * "INSERT INTO {dbtng_example} (name, surname, age) * VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%d')", * $entry['name'], * $entry['surname'], * $entry['age'] * ); * @endcode * * Exception handling is shown in this example. It could be simplified * without the try/catch blocks, but since an insert will throw an exception * and terminate your application if the exception is not handled, it is best * to employ try/catch. * * @param array $entry * An array containing all the fields of the database record. * * @see db_insert() */ function dbtng_example_entry_insert($entry) { $return_value = NULL; try { $return_value = db_insert('dbtng_example') ->fields($entry) ->execute(); } catch (Exception $e) { drupal_set_message(t('db_insert failed. Message = %message, query= %query', array('%message' => $e->getMessage(), '%query' => $e->query_string)), 'error'); } return $return_value; } /** * Update an entry in the database. * * The former, deprecated techniques used db_query() or drupal_write_record(): * @code * drupal_write_record('dbtng_example', $entry, $entry['pid']); * @endcode * * @code * db_query( * "UPDATE {dbtng_example} * SET name = '%s', surname = '%s', age = '%d' * WHERE pid = %d", * $entry['pid'] * ); * @endcode * * @param array $entry * An array containing all the fields of the item to be updated. * * @see db_update() */ function dbtng_example_entry_update($entry) { try { // db_update()...->execute() returns the number of rows updated. $count = db_update('dbtng_example') ->fields($entry) ->condition('pid', $entry['pid']) ->execute(); } catch (Exception $e) { drupal_set_message(t('db_update failed. Message = %message, query= %query', array('%message' => $e->getMessage(), '%query' => $e->query_string)), 'error'); } return $count; } /** * Delete an entry from the database. * * The usage of db_query is deprecated except for static queries. * Formerly, a deletion might have been accomplished like this: * @code * db_query("DELETE FROM {dbtng_example} WHERE pid = %d", $entry['pid]); * @endcode * * @param array $entry * An array containing at least the person identifier 'pid' element of the * entry to delete. * * @see db_delete() */ function dbtng_example_entry_delete($entry) { db_delete('dbtng_example') ->condition('pid', $entry['pid']) ->execute(); } /** * Read from the database using a filter array. * * In Drupal 6, the standard function to perform reads was db_query(), and * for static queries, it still is. * * db_query() used an SQL query with placeholders and arguments as parameters. * * @code * // Old way * $query = "SELECT * FROM {dbtng_example} n WHERE n.uid = %d AND name = '%s'"; * $result = db_query($query, $uid, $name); * @endcode * * Drupal 7 DBTNG provides an abstracted interface that will work with a wide * variety of database engines. * * db_query() is deprecated except when doing a static query. The following is * perfectly acceptable in Drupal 7. See * @link http://drupal.org/node/310072 the handbook page on static queries @endlink * * @code * // SELECT * FROM {dbtng_example} WHERE uid = 0 AND name = 'John' * db_query( * "SELECT * FROM {dbtng_example} WHERE uid = :uid and name = :name", * array(':uid' => 0, ':name' => 'John') * )->execute(); * @endcode * * But for more dynamic queries, Drupal provides the db_select() API method, so * there are several ways to perform the same SQL query. See the * @link http://drupal.org/node/310075 handbook page on dynamic queries. @endlink * * @code * // SELECT * FROM {dbtng_example} WHERE uid = 0 AND name = 'John' * db_select('dbtng_example') * ->fields('dbtng_example') * ->condition('uid', 0) * ->condition('name', 'John') * ->execute(); * @endcode * * Here is db_select with named placeholders: * @code * // SELECT * FROM {dbtng_example} WHERE uid = 0 AND name = 'John' * $arguments = array(':name' => 'John', ':uid' => 0); * db_select('dbtng_example') * ->fields('dbtng_example') * ->where('uid = :uid AND name = :name', $arguments) * ->execute(); * @endcode * * Conditions are stacked and evaluated as AND and OR depending on the type of * query. For more information, read the conditional queries handbook page at: * http://drupal.org/node/310086 * * The condition argument is an 'equal' evaluation by default, but this can be * altered: * @code * // SELECT * FROM {dbtng_example} WHERE age > 18 * db_select('dbtng_example') * ->fields('dbtng_example') * ->condition('age', 18, '>') * ->execute(); * @endcode * * @param array $entry * An array containing all the fields used to search the entries in the table. * * @return object * An object containing the loaded entries if found. * * @see db_select() * @see db_query() * @see http://drupal.org/node/310072 * @see http://drupal.org/node/310075 */ function dbtng_example_entry_load($entry = array()) { // Read all fields from the dbtng_example table. $select = db_select('dbtng_example', 'example'); $select->fields('example'); // Add each field and value as a condition to this query. foreach ($entry as $field => $value) { $select->condition($field, $value); } // Return the result in object format. return $select->execute()->fetchAll(); } /** * Render a filtered list of entries in the database. * * DBTNG also helps processing queries that return several rows, providing the * found objects in the same query execution call. * * This function queries the database using a JOIN between users table and the * example entries, to provide the username that created the entry, and creates * a table with the results, processing each row. * * SELECT * e.pid as pid, e.name as name, e.surname as surname, e.age as age * u.name as username * FROM * {dbtng_example} e * JOIN * users u ON e.uid = u.uid * WHERE * e.name = 'John' AND e.age > 18 * * @see db_select() * @see http://drupal.org/node/310075 */ function dbtng_example_advanced_list() { $output = ''; $select = db_select('dbtng_example', 'e'); // Join the users table, so we can get the entry creator's username. $select->join('users', 'u', 'e.uid = u.uid'); // Select these specific fields for the output. $select->addField('e', 'pid'); $select->addField('u', 'name', 'username'); $select->addField('e', 'name'); $select->addField('e', 'surname'); $select->addField('e', 'age'); // Filter only persons named "John". $select->condition('e.name', 'John'); // Filter only persons older than 18 years. $select->condition('e.age', 18, '>'); // Make sure we only get items 0-49, for scalability reasons. $select->range(0, 50); // Now, loop all these entries and show them in a table. Note that there is no // db_fetch_* object or array function being called here. Also note that the // following line could have been written as // $entries = $select->execute()->fetchAll() which would return each selected // record as an object instead of an array. $entries = $select->execute()->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); if (!empty($entries)) { $rows = array(); foreach ($entries as $entry) { // Sanitize the data before handing it off to the theme layer. $rows[] = array_map('check_plain', $entry); } // Make a table for them. $header = array(t('Id'), t('Created by'), t('Name'), t('Surname'), t('Age')); $output .= theme('table', array('header' => $header, 'rows' => $rows)); } else { drupal_set_message(t('No entries meet the filter criteria (Name = "John" and Age > 18).')); } return $output; } /** * Implements hook_help(). * * Show some help on each form provided by this module. */ function dbtng_example_help($path) { $output = ''; switch ($path) { case 'examples/dbtng': $output = t('Generate a list of all entries in the database. There is no filter in the query.'); break; case 'examples/dbtng/advanced': $output = t('A more complex list of entries in the database.') . ' '; $output .= t('Only the entries with name = "John" and age older than 18 years are shown, the username of the person who created the entry is also shown.'); break; case 'examples/dbtng/update': $output = t('Demonstrates a database update operation.'); break; case 'examples/dbtng/add': $output = t('Add an entry to the dbtng_example table.'); break; } return $output; } /** * Implements hook_menu(). * * Set up calls to drupal_get_form() for all our example cases. */ function dbtng_example_menu() { $items = array(); $items['examples/dbtng'] = array( 'title' => 'DBTNG Example', 'page callback' => 'dbtng_example_list', 'access callback' => TRUE, ); $items['examples/dbtng/list'] = array( 'title' => 'List', 'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK, 'weight' => -10, ); $items['examples/dbtng/add'] = array( 'title' => 'Add entry', 'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form', 'page arguments' => array('dbtng_example_form_add'), 'access callback' => TRUE, 'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK, 'weight' => -9, ); $items['examples/dbtng/update'] = array( 'title' => 'Update entry', 'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form', 'page arguments' => array('dbtng_example_form_update'), 'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK, 'access callback' => TRUE, 'weight' => -5, ); $items['examples/dbtng/advanced'] = array( 'title' => 'Advanced list', 'page callback' => 'dbtng_example_advanced_list', 'access callback' => TRUE, 'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK, ); return $items; } /** * Render a list of entries in the database. */ function dbtng_example_list() { $output = ''; // Get all entries in the dbtng_example table. if ($entries = dbtng_example_entry_load()) { $rows = array(); foreach ($entries as $entry) { // Sanitize the data before handing it off to the theme layer. $rows[] = array_map('check_plain', (array) $entry); } // Make a table for them. $header = array(t('Id'), t('uid'), t('Name'), t('Surname'), t('Age')); $output .= theme('table', array('header' => $header, 'rows' => $rows)); } else { drupal_set_message(t('No entries have been added yet.')); } return $output; } /** * Prepare a simple form to add an entry, with all the interesting fields. */ function dbtng_example_form_add($form, &$form_state) { $form = array(); $form['add'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', '#title' => t('Add a person entry'), ); $form['add']['name'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Name'), '#size' => 15, ); $form['add']['surname'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Surname'), '#size' => 15, ); $form['add']['age'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Age'), '#size' => 5, '#description' => t("Values greater than 127 will cause an exception. Try it - it's a great example why exception handling is needed with DTBNG."), ); $form['add']['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Add'), ); return $form; } /** * Submit handler for 'add entry' form. */ function dbtng_example_form_add_submit($form, &$form_state) { global $user; // Save the submitted entry. $entry = array( 'name' => $form_state['values']['name'], 'surname' => $form_state['values']['surname'], 'age' => $form_state['values']['age'], 'uid' => $user->uid, ); $return = dbtng_example_entry_insert($entry); if ($return) { drupal_set_message(t("Created entry @entry", array('@entry' => print_r($entry, TRUE)))); } } /** * Sample UI to update a record. */ function dbtng_example_form_update($form, &$form_state) { $form = array( '#prefix' => '