DB Error: mismatch (in a PHP script)

If you get something like the “DB Error: mismatch” message in a PHP script, this is probably caused by a bug in the script. If I get it right, the message means: there is a mismatch between the number of placeholders (e.g. “?” signs) in your database query and the number of parameters given to the query() method.

For instance, if your query is “SELECT * FROM people WHERE honesty>3”, but you mistakenly call it like this:

$dbh-> query( "SELECT * FROM people WHERE honesty>3", $threshold );

Where you probably meant:

$dbh-> query( "SELECT * FROM people WHERE honesty>?", $threshold );

I think this is reported by the DB_Common class (since a certain version).

On the topic:

• PEAR bug #780
• DB_Common: query() method