app-Tygh-Backend-Database-Pdo.php.diff

diff --git a/app/Tygh/Backend/Database/Pdo.php b/app/Tygh/Backend/Database/Pdo.php
index eeafd47f21..dc3356d534 100644
--- a/app/Tygh/Backend/Database/Pdo.php
+++ b/app/Tygh/Backend/Database/Pdo.php
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ class Pdo implements IBackend
                 $user,
                 $passwd,
                 // phpcs:ignore
-                [\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => \PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT]
+                [
+                    \PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE           => \PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT,
+                    \PDO::ATTR_STRINGIFY_FETCHES => true
+                ]
             );
         } catch (PDOException $e) {
             return false;