PDOStatement::setFetchMode Set the default fetch mode for this statement &reftitle.description; boolPDOStatement::setFetchMode intmode &warn.experimental.func; &reftitle.parameters; mode The fetch mode must be one of the PDO_FETCH_* constants. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns 1 on success or &false; on failure. &reftitle.examples; Setting the fetch mode The following example demonstrates how PDOStatement::setFetchMode changes the default fetch mode for a PDOStatement object. query($sql); $result = $stmt->setFetchMode(PDO_FETCH_NUM); while ($row = $stmt->fetch()) { print $row[0] . "\t" . $row[1] . "\t" . $row[2] . "\n"; } } catch (PDOException $e) { print $e->getMessage(); } ?> ]]> &example.outputs;