#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use DBI;
use Data::Dumper;
$|++;

my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:wordpress","username","password");
my $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT ID, placeName FROM wp_ajax_places WHERE ID <= 5');
$sth->execute;
my $h = $sth->fetchall_hashref([ 1..2 ]);

print Dumper(\$h);