Zend2 TableGateway: how to retrieve a set of data - zend-framework

Question

I have a ContactsTable.php module and an function like this:
public function getContactsByLastName($last_name){
$rowset = $this->tableGateway->select(array('last_name' => $last_name));
$row = $rowset->current();
if (!$row) {
throw new \Exception("Could not find row record");
}
return $row;
}
which is ok, but it only returns one row.
The problem is in my database I have multiple records with the same Last Name, so my question is:
How can I return a set of data?
I tried this:
$where = new Where();
$where->like('last_name', $last_name);
$resultSet = $this->tableGateway->select($where);
return $resultSet;
but it doesn't work.

Answer 1

Your first function should work as you expect, just remove line
$row = $rowset->current();
So, complete function should look like this:
public function getContactsByLastName($last_name){
$rowset = $this->tableGateway->select(array('last_name' => $last_name));
foreach ($rowset as $row) {
echo $row['id'] . PHP_EOL;
}
}
More info you can find in documentation http://framework.zend.com/manual/2.2/en/modules/zend.db.table-gateway.html

Answer 2

You can use the resultset to get array of rows:
public function getContactsByLastName($last_name) {
$select = new Select();
$select->from(array('u' => 'tbl_users'))
->where(array('u.last_name' => $last_name));
$statement = $this->adapter->createStatement();
$select->prepareStatement($this->adapter, $statement);
$result = $statement->execute();
$rows = array();
if ($result->count()) {
$rows = new ResultSet();
return $rows->initialize($result)->toArray();
}
return $rows;
}
Its working for me.