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<?php

class PDOConnection extends \PDO
{
// ... stuff
function fetch_all_as_whatever($query, $params)
{
	// prepare, clean, whatnot

	// retrieve a statement
	$statement = $this->prepare($query);

	$statement->execute($params);
	$rows = $statement->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_CLASS);

	// stay on the safe side
	$statement->closeCursor();
	unset($statement);

	return($rows);
}