From: Operating system: any PHP version: 5.3.4 Package: *Database Functions Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Make at least PDOStatement::bindValue and PDOStatement::bindParam() chainable!
Description: ------------ --- >From manual page: http://www.php.net/pdostatement.bindvalue --- The PDOStatement::bindValue and PDOStatement::bindParam methods should be chainable. Look at my test script below for an example. Test script: --------------- // create a new PDO $dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass); // the example SQL statement $sql = "INSERT INTO db.table (id, firstName, lastName) VALUES(NULL, :firstName, :lastName)"; $statement = $dbh->prepare($sql); // current behaviour $statement->bindValue(':firstName', 'Foo'); $statement->bindValue(':lastName', 'Bar'); // and so on... $statement->execute(); // what I wish for and what saves a lot of copy & paste, but especially time $statement->bindValue(':firstName', 'Foo') ->bindValue(':lastName', 'Bar'); ->execute(); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53657&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53657&r=mysqlcfg