public function DatabaseConnection::select

Prepares and returns a SELECT query object.

Parameters

string $table: The base table for this query, that is, the first table in the FROM clause. This table will also be used as the "base" table for query_alter hook implementations.

string|null $alias: The alias of the base table of this query.

array $options: An array of options on the query.

Return value

SelectQuery|stdClass[]: An appropriate SelectQuery object for this database connection. Note that it may be a driver-specific subclass of SelectQuery, depending on the driver.

See also

SelectQuery

File

core/includes/database/database.inc, line 886

Core systems for the database layer.

Class

DatabaseConnection

Base Database API class.

Code

public function select($table, $alias = NULL, array $options = array()) {
  $class = $this->getDriverClass('SelectQuery', array(
    'query.inc',
    'select.inc',
  ));
  return new $class($table, $alias, $this, $options);
}