How to get an array value from the query in Yii 1.1

Question

$us= Yii::app()->db->createCommand()
    ->select('default_number_of_devices')
    ->from('user')
    ->where('id=1')
    ->queryRow();
echo "$us";

I should have got one value instead of array type because id is unique. But $us appears to be an array instead of single number.

Answer 1

You should use queryScalar() if you want to get single value from single column:

$us = Yii::app()->db->createCommand()
    ->select('default_number_of_devices')
    ->from('user')
    ->where('id=1')
    ->queryScalar();
echo $us;

queryRow() returns first row from query. And since row usually contains multiple columns, array is expected format (each element of array contains value of single column).