RE: [PEAR] Returning boolean values with pear::db
| From: | Lukas Smith | Date: | Thu, 04 Dec 2003 07:57:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR] Returning boolean values with pear::db | ||
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> From: Don Robertson [mailto:don@robertson.net.nz]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:16 AM
> I am using Pear DB to get boolean values from a postgres database. The
> values get returned as t or f, which PHP does not understand as booleans.
>
> Is there any way to make the pear libraries or postgres to return
> something
> PHP understands as boolean?
Well just take a look at what PHP understands as true/false.
Like null would be false, "t" would be true.
Alternatively you can look at MDB which features datatype abstraction. Among
other datatypes MDB has a datatype for Boolean.
Regards,
Lukas