db.query2.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();

	$user_id = 5;
	
	// SELECT query
	$result_select = $db->select()
		->from('users')
		->where('user_id = ?', $user_id)
		->query();

	// SELECT query to return a single value
	$email_address = $db->select()
		->from('users')
		->where('user_id = ?', $user_id)
		->query()
		->fetch('email_address');

	$data = array(
		'name' => 'Vic',
		'age' => 25,
		'email' => 'vmc@leftnode.com'
	);
	
	// INSERT query, returns the insert ID if successful
	$user_id = $db->insert()
		->into('users')
		->values($data)
		->query();

	// UPDATE query
	$db->update()
		->table('users')
		->set($data)
		->where('user_id = ?', $user_id)
		->query();

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