PHP mysqli fetch_array() Function

by tutorialsw3.com - May 23, 2019

Definition and Usage

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

Note: Fieldnames returned from this function are case-sensitive.

Syntax

Object oriented style:

Procedural style:

Example - Object Oriented style

Fetch a result row as a numeric array and as an associative array:

<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if ($mysqli -> connect_errno) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " .  $mysqli -> connect_error;
exit();
}

$sql = "SELECT Lastname, Age FROM Persons ORDER BY Lastname";
$result ->  $mysqli -> query($sql);

// Numeric array
$row = $result  -> fetch_array(MYSQLI_NUM);
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row[1]);

// Associative array
$row = $result  -> fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row["Lastname"], $row["Age"]);

// Free result set
$result  -> free_result();

$mysqli -> close();
?>

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