Sample usage of $wpdb
<?php
add_filter('some_hook', 'wpdb_operations', 10, 2);
function wpdb_operations($entryId, $formId) {
global $wpdb;
// gets one variable
$data=$wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SELECT id FROM $wpdb->users WHERE (item_id = $itemId AND field_id = $fieldID)"));
// generic query for selecting
$wpdb->get_results("SELECT id, post_title FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = $postStatus AND post_author = $authorID");
// gets a whole row
$row=$wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users WHERE id = $userID");
// gets a column
$column=$wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT id FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_value = %s AND meta_key = %s ", $meta_value, $meta_key));
// inserts a row
$wpdb->insert('tableName', array('column1' => 'value1', 'column2' => 123), array('%s', '%d')); // AUTO_INCREMENTed ID can be grabbed thus: $wpdb->insert_id
// replaces a row
$wpdb->replace('tableName', array('id' => 1, 'column1' => 'value1', 'column2' => 123), array('%d', '%s', '%d'));
// updates a row
$wpdb->update('tableName', array('column1' => 'value1', 'column2' => 'value2'), array( 'ID' => 1 ), array('%s', '%d'), array('%d'));
// deletes a row
$wpdb->delete( 'table', array( 'ID' => 1 ) );
// generic query for deleting
$wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("DELETE FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id = %d AND meta_key = %s", 13, 'gargle'));
// generic query for updating
$wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET post_parent = 7 WHERE ID = 15 AND post_status = 'static'");
}
?>