return one value from database with mysql php pdo

Question

Im not trying to use a loop. I just one one value from one column from one row. I got what I want with the following code but there has to be an easier way using PDO.

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Answer 1

You can use fetchColumn():

$q= $conn->prepare("SELECT name FROM `login_users` WHERE username=?");
$q->execute([$userid]);
$username = $q->fetchColumn();