get_one_by()

Get one item by the specified column. e.g. get_one_by('authorID', 232) would select from this table where authorID=232.

Parameters

$Factory->get_one_by($col, $val, $order_by_col);
Type Description Default
String Column
String Value
String Column to sort by false

Return

The method returns a PerchAPI_Base object. If no matching rows found, it returns false.

Usage

$API = new PerchAPI(1.0, 'company_app');
$Articles = new CompanyApp_Articles($API);

$articles = $Articles->get_one_by('title', 'Perch is amazing');