global setting of PDO's setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) [duplicate]

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Is is possible to set a default PDO fetch mode?

I have searched the internet and this site and could not find an solution.

Is there a way to apply $this->query->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); globally for all PDO queries? I find myself repeating the line over and over again.

I have tried applying it to the initial PDO connection: $this->connection->setFetchMode() but that throws an exception.

Answer 1

Since 5.2

$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE, PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);