public function get(&$catobj){ if (!isset($this->statements['get'])) $this->statements['get'] = parent::prepare("SELECT title, description FROM categories WHERE id = ?"); $this->statements['get']->bindParam(1, $catobj->getId()); $this->statements['get']->execute(); $row = $this->statements['get']->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); $catobj->setTitle($row['title']); $catobj->setDescription($row['description']); }