Retrieving Results of a Query to MySQL
The return value of mysql_query() or mysqli_query() is a pointer to the actual resultset. It can be used to iterate through the complete list of entries returned by a SELECT statement. For this, these functions come in handy:
Retrieving Data from MySQL (mysqli_fetch.php; excerpt)<table> <tr><th>#</th><th>Quote</th><th>Author</th><th>Year< /th></tr> <?php if ($db = @mysqli_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password')) { mysqli_select_db($db, 'phrasebook'); $result = mysqli_query($db, 'SELECT * FROM quotes'); while ($row = mysqli_fetch_object($result)) { printf( '<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></ tr>', htmlspecialchars($row->id), htmlspecialchars($row->quote), htmlspecialchars($row->author), htmlspecialchars($row->year) ); } mysqli_close($db); } else { echo '<tr><td colspan="4">Connection failed. </td></tr>'; } ?> </table> There are other functions, as well; however, these three are the ones that are used more often. The following code uses mysql_fetch_assoc(), whereas the preceding listing prints out the contents of the database table with mysqli_fetch_object(). The main idea is to use a while loopall mysql_fetch_*/mysqli_fetch_* functions return false when no data is left in the resultset. Retrieving Data from MySQL (mysql_fetch.php; excerpt)<table> <tr><th>#</th><th>Quote</th><th>Author</th><th>Year< /th></tr> <?php if ($db = @mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password')) { mysql_select_db('phrasebook', $db); $result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM quotes', $db); while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { printf( '<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></ tr>', htmlspecialchars($row['id']), htmlspecialchars($row['quote']), htmlspecialchars($row['author']), htmlspecialchars($row['year']) ); } mysql_close($db); } else { echo '<tr><td colspan="4">Connection failed. </td></tr>'; } ?> </table> Figure 7.3 shows the contents of the database after some (political) quotes have been filled in. Sorry, I am from abroadI took the first ones I found. Figure 7.3. The contents of the database. |