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Why Does PDOStatement::getColumnMeta Fail in Some PDO Drivers? What’s the Underlying Reason?

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echo <span><span class="hljs-string">"<p>PDO (PHP Data Objects) is a database access abstraction layer provided by PHP. It allows developers to work with different databases through a consistent interface. However, PDO does not guarantee that all methods will behave identically across all drivers. Among them, <code>PDOStatement::getColumnMeta