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How to set a collation with mysqli?

My database uses utf8_czech_ci collation and I want to set it to my database connection too. Mysqli_set_charset won’t let me set collation, if I don’t happen to want the default one, utf8_general_ci. Here was suggested first to set the charset through mysqli_set_charset and then to set collation b…

“Delete row” button for MySQL in PHP

I have a table that becomes populated with data from a MySQL database, and each row receives its own delete button. I would like to have the option to delete each row separately with a delete button that deletes the corresponding row in the database. How would I go about doing so? Here’s the part of the…

MySQL GROUP_CONCAT with COLUMN SPLIT

I am working with a TABLE, need logical help. Check the below URL for the table structure and sample data. http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/ece06/2 Table Schema: Inserted Data: Query: OutPUT: Expected OUTPUT: As you can see the output of the query has concat with comma. And currently we are doing string concat using …

Symfony/Doctrine Rearranging Database Columns

When I go to generate a table using the doctrine:schema:update command line, it appears that Doctrine(or Symfony?) wants to throw in a command that rearranges my columns, putting the keys towards the front it would appear. I was wondering if, and more hopefully, where, I can disable this “feature”…

MySQL syntax ERROR, I simply don’t see where

I am having a syntax error with an sql statement I am executing but for the life of me I can’t find any error. I have created my own database class with functionality to make prepared statements and execute them, I don’t think there is a problem with my implementation as I have never had any issue…

Escape raw SQL queries in Laravel 4

How does one go about escaping parameters passed to a raw query in Laravel 4? I expected something like DB::escape() (which rings a bell from Laravel 3) and also attempted DB::quote() (which I thought could be available through the PDO object) We can’t use the select method with placeholders as the abov…