PDO: Call to a member function errorInfo()

Question

I read this tutorial about PDO. I had an error and tried the errorInfo() function. However, I get this error when trying to use errorInfo():

Fatal error: Call to a member function errorInfo() on a non-object in C:\Users\Nico\Dropbox\PHP\Vagex Clone\Website\pdo\select.php on line 8

I used this code as it's in the tutorial:

$query = $db->query('SELECT * FROM notexistingtable'); //that was the error I had 

if (!$query) {
var_dump($query->errorInfo());
}

So - if I have an error like this, how do I correctly use the errorInfo() function?

You don't need errorInfo() function. [PDO query fails but I can't see any errors. How to get an error message from PDO?](http://stackoverflow.com/a/15990858/285587) — Your Common Sense, Jun 09 '13 at 16:01

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '13 at 15:56

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See http://lu1.php.net/manual/en/pdo.errorinfo.php: errorInfo is a method of PDO (the instance is here $db) and not of false which is returned by the failing query.

So use $db->errorInfo() for getting the failure info.

answered Jun 09 '13 at 15:56

bwoebi

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