true, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false] ); // Read number of queries to run from URL parameter $query_count = 1; if ((int) $_GET['queries'] > 1) { $query_count = min($_GET['queries'], 500); } // Define query $statement = $pdo->prepare('SELECT id,randomNumber FROM World WHERE id=?'); $updateStatement = $pdo->prepare('UPDATE World SET randomNumber=? WHERE id=?'); // For each query, store the result set values in the response array while ($query_count--) { $id = mt_rand(1, 10000); $statement->execute([$id]); // Store result in array. $world = $statement->fetch(); $updateStatement->execute( [$world['randomNumber'] = mt_rand(1, 10000), $id] ); $arr[] = $world; } // Use the PHP standard JSON encoder. // http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php echo json_encode($arr, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK);