Getting raw SQL query string from PDO prepared statements

Question

Is there a way to get the raw SQL string executed when calling PDOStatement::execute() on a prepared statement? For debugging purposes this would be extremely useful.

Answer 1

A solution is to voluntarily put an error in the query and to print the error's message:

//Connection to the database
$co = new PDO('mysql:dbname=myDB;host=localhost','root','');
//We allow to print the errors whenever there is one
$co->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

//We create our prepared statement
$stmt = $co->prepare("ELECT * FROM Person WHERE age=:age"); //I removed the 'S' of 'SELECT'
$stmt->bindValue(':age','18',PDO::PARAM_STR);
try {
    $stmt->execute();
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

Standard output:

SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: [...] near 'ELECT * FROM Person WHERE age=18' at line 1

It is important to note that it only prints the first 80 characters of the query.