Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 2280

Warning
This extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0, and will be removed in the
future. Instead, the
also
Alternatives to this function include:
mysqli_fetch_array
PDOStatement::fetch
Description
array mysql_fetch_array(
resource result,
int result_type
= =MYSQL_BOTH);
Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row and moves the internal data pointer ahead.
Parameters
result
result_type
Return Values
Returns an array of strings that corresponds to the fetched row, or
The type of returned array depends on how
you'll get an array with both associative and number indices. Using
associative indices (as
(as
mysql_fetch_row
If two or more columns of the result have the same field names, the last column will take precedence.
To access the other column(s) of the same name, you must use the numeric index of the column or
make an alias for the column. For aliased columns, you cannot access the contents with the original
column name.
Examples
Example 20.38. Query with aliased duplicate field names
SELECT table1.field AS foo, table2.field AS bar FROM table1, table2
Example 20.39.
mysql_fetch_array
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("mydb");
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id, name FROM mytable");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM)) {
printf("ID: %s Name: %s", $row[0], $row[1]);
}
mysql_free_result($result);
?>
Original MySQL API (Mysql)
MySQLi
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The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from
a call to mysql_query.
The type of array that is to be fetched. It's a constant and can
take the following values:
MYSQL_BOTH
result_type
mysql_fetch_assoc
works).
with
2260
or PDO_MySQL extension should be used. See
guide and related FAQ
MYSQL_ASSOC
.
FALSE
is defined. By using
MYSQL_ASSOC
works), using
MYSQL_NUM
MYSQL_NUM
for more information.
, , and
MYSQL_NUM
if there are no more rows.
(default),
MYSQL_BOTH
, you only get
, you only get number indices