PHP mysqli fetch_row() Function

Example - Object Oriented style

Fetch rows from a result-set:

<?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";

if ($result = $mysqli -> query($sql)) {
while ($row = $result -> fetch_row()) {
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row[1]);
}
$result -> free_result();
}

$mysqli -> close();
?>

Look at example of procedural style at the bottom.

Definition and Usage

The fetch_row() / mysqli_fetch_row() function fetches one row from a result-set and returns it as an enumerated array.

Syntax

Object oriented style:

$mysqli_result -> fetch_row()

Procedural style:

mysqli_fetch_row(result)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
result	Required. Specifies a result set identifier returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result()

Technical Details

Return Value:	Returns an array of strings that corresponds to the fetched row. NULL if there are no more rows in result set
PHP Version:	5+

Example - Procedural style

Fetch rows from a result-set:

<?php
$con = mysqli_connect("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";

if ($result = mysqli_query($con, $sql)) {
// Fetch one and one row
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($result)) {
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row[1]);
}
mysqli_free_result($result);
}

mysqli_close($con);
?>

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