sqlite_fetch_single Fetches the first column of a result set as a string. Description stringsqlite_fetch_single resourceresult intresult_type booldecode_binary sqlite_fetch_single is identical to sqlite_fetch_array except that it returns the value of the first column of the rowset. This is the most optimal way to retrieve data when you are only interested in the values from a single column of data. A <function>sqlite_fetch_single</function> example 0) { echo sqlite_fetch_single($res); // 42 } sqlite_close($dbhandle); } ?> ]]> See also sqlite_fetch_array.