PDOATTRSTRINGIFYFETCHES

PDOATTRSTRINGI is a constant used within the PHP Data Objects (PDO) extension. It specifically relates to the PDO::ATTR_STRINGIFY_FETCHES attribute. When this attribute is set to true, PDO will convert numeric values from the database into strings during the fetch process. This means that if a column in your database contains an integer, such as 123, fetching that column with PDOATTRSTRINGI enabled will return it as the string "123" rather than the integer 123. This behavior can be useful in certain scenarios where strict type handling is not desired or when interfacing with systems that expect string representations of all data. By default, PDOATTRSTRINGI is not enabled, meaning numeric values are typically returned with their native data types. The attribute can be set using the PDO::setAttribute() method.