MySQL integer field is returned as string in PHP

Question

I have a table field in a MySQL database:

userid INT(11)

So I am calling it to my page with this query:

\"SELECT userid FR         


        

Answer 1

I like mastermind's technique, but the coding can be simpler:

function cast_query_results($result): array
{
    if ($result === false)
      return null;

    $data = array();
    $fields = $result->fetch_fields();
    while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
      foreach ($fields as $field) {
        $fieldName = $field->name;
        $fieldValue = $row[$fieldName];
        if (!is_null($fieldValue))
            switch ($field->type) {
              case 3:
                $row[$fieldName] = (int)$fieldValue;
                break;
              case 4:
                $row[$fieldName] = (float)$fieldValue;
                break;
              // Add other type conversions as desired.
              // Strings are already strings, so don't need to be touched.
            }
      }
      array_push($data, $row);
    }

    return $data;
}

I also added checking for query returning false rather than a result-set.
And checking for a row with a field that has a null value.
And if the desired type is a string, I don't waste any time on it - its already a string.

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I don't bother using this in most php code; I just rely on php's automatic type conversion. But if querying a lot of data, to then perform arithmetic computations, it is sensible to cast to the optimal types up front.