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->select()

Selects all records in a table, or a specific record, from the database.

Method Syntax
$db->select(thing)

Arguments

ArgumentsDescription
thing required

The table name or a RecordId to select.

Example usage

// Select all records from a table $people = $db->select('person'); // Select a specific record from a table $person = $db->select(new RecordId('person', 'h5wxrf2ewk8xjxosxtyc')); $person = $db->select(new StringRecordId('person:h5wxrf2ewk8xjxosxtyc'));

Translated query

This function will run the following query in the database.

SELECT * FROM $thing;

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