PHP PDO returning single row

Question

UPDATE 2:

So is this the most optimized it can get?

$DBH = new PDO( "connection string goes here" );

$STH = $DBH -> prepare( "select figure from table1" );

$STH -> execute();

$result = $STH -> fetch();

echo $result ["figure"];

$DBH = null;

UPDATE 1:

I know I can add limit to the sql query, but I also want to get rid of the foreach loop, which I should not need.

ORIGINAL QUESTION:

I have the following script which is good IMO for returning many rows from the database because of the "foreach" section.

How do I optimize this, if I know I will always only get 1 row from the database. If I know I will only ever get 1 row from the database, I don't see why I need the foreach loop, but I don't know how to change the code.

$DBH = new PDO( "connection string goes here" );

$STH = $DBH -> prepare( "select figure from table1" );

$STH -> execute();

$result = $STH -> fetchAll();

foreach( $result as $row ) {
    echo $row["figure"];
}

$DBH = null;

Answer 1

Just fetch. only gets one row. So no foreach loop needed :D

$row  = $STH -> fetch();

example (ty northkildonan):

$dbh = new PDO(" --- connection string --- "); 
$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT name FROM mytable WHERE id=4 LIMIT 1"); 
$stmt->execute(); 
$row = $stmt->fetch();