db.query.php

<?php

require_once 'Artisan/Db.php';
require_once 'Artisan/Exception.php';

$db_config = array(
	'server' => 'localhost',
	'username' => 'username',
	'password' => 'password',
	'database' => 'dbname'
);

$db = new Artisan_Db($db_config);
try {
	$db->connect();

	$some_id = 10;
	$sql = "SELECT * FROM `some_table` st WHERE st.id = '" . $some_id . "'";
	$db_result = $db->query($sql);
	
	if ( $db_result->numRows() == 0 ) {
		echo 'No rows returned!';
	} else {
		while ( $row = $db_result->fetch() ) {
			// $row is a key/value array of each row matched
		}
	}

	$db->disconnect();
} catch ( Artisan_Exception $e ) {
	exit('An error occurred: ' . $e->getMessage());
}