';
$ref = new ref($format);
if($capture)
ob_start();
foreach($args as $index => $arg)
$ref->query($arg, $expressions ? $expressions[$index] : null);
// return the results if this function was called with the error suppression operator
if($capture)
return ob_get_clean();
// stop the script if this function was called with the bitwise not operator
if(in_array('~', $options, true) && ($format === 'html')){
print '