PHP Tutorial - PHP mysqli_fetch_array() Function






Definition

The mysqli_fetch_array() function fetches a result row as an associative array, a numeric array, or both.

Syntax

mysqli_fetch_array(result,resulttype);

Parameter

ParameterIs requiredDescription
resultRequired.Result set returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result()
resulttypeOptional.What type of array to return.

resulttype can be one of the following values:

  • MYSQLI_ASSOC
  • MYSQLI_NUM
  • MYSQLI_BOTH




Return

It returns an array of strings that corresponds to the fetched row. NULL if there are no more rows in result-set.

Example

The following code fetches a result row as a numeric array and as an associative array.


<?php//from w w w.ja va  2  s.  co m
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if (mysqli_connect_errno($con)){
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}

$sql="SELECT name,age FROM emp";
$result=mysqli_query($con,$sql);

// Numeric array
$row=mysqli_fetch_array($result,MYSQLI_NUM);
print $row[0];
print "\n";
print $row[1];

// Associative array
$row=mysqli_fetch_array($result,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
print $row["name"];
print "\n";
print $row["age"];


mysqli_free_result($result);

mysqli_close($con);
?>