Executing Multiple Queries Using PDO

Question

I am trying to execute the following query using a PDO Prepared Statement, but when I call $query->fetch(); it throws an exception SQLSTATE[HY000]: General

Answer 1

You would be correct in that PDO (and I believe any PHP method?) does not allow for multiple queries in a single by default. There are some workarounds which you can read about more, such as:

PDO support for multiple queries (PDO_MYSQL, PDO_MYSQLND)

but they do increase the risk of SQL injection so it is ill-advised.