PHP mysqli_fetch_array() Function

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Definition and Usage

A PHP result object (of the class mysqli_result) represents the MySQL result, returned by the SELECT or, DESCRIBE or, EXPLAIN queries.

The mysqli_fetch_array() function accepts a result object as a parameter and, retrieves the contents of current row in the given result object, and returns them as an associative or, numeric array.

Syntax

mysqli_fetch_array($result, [$type]);

Parameters

Return Values

The PHP mysqli_fetch_array() function returns an array (associative or, numeric) which holds the current row of the result object. This function returns NULL if there are no more rows.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced in PHP Version 5 and works works in all the later versions.

Example

Following example demonstrates the usage of the mysqli_fetch_array() function (in procedural style) −

<?php
   $con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "password", "mydb");

   mysqli_query($con, "CREATE TABLE myplayers(ID INT, First_Name VARCHAR(255), Last_Name VARCHAR(255), Place_Of_Birth VARCHAR(255), Country VARCHAR(255))");
   print("Table Created.....\n");
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO myplayers values(1, 'Sikhar', 'Dhawan', 'Delhi', 'India')");
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO myplayers values(2, 'Jonathan', 'Trott', 'CapeTown', 'SouthAfrica')");
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO myplayers values(3, 'Kumara', 'Sangakkara', 'Matale', 'Srilanka')");
   print("Record Inserted.....\n");

   //Retrieving the contents of the table
   $res = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM myplayers");

   //Fetching all the rows as arrays
   while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQLI_ASSOC)){
      print("ID: ".$row["ID"]."\n");
      print("First_Name: ".$row["First_Name"]."\n");
      print("Last_Name: ".$row["Last_Name"]."\n");
      print("Place_Of_Birth: ".$row["Place_Of_Birth"]."\n");
      print("Country: ".$row["Country"]."\n");
   }
   //Closing the statement
   mysqli_free_result($res);

   //Closing the connection
   mysqli_close($con);
?>

This will produce following result −

Table Created.....
Record Inserted.....
ID: 1
First_Name: Sikhar
Last_Name: Dhawan
Place_Of_Birth: Delhi
Country: India
ID: 2
First_Name: Jonathan
Last_Name: Trott
Place_Of_Birth: CapeTown
Country: SouthAfrica
ID: 3
First_Name: Kumara
Last_Name: Sangakkara
Place_Of_Birth: Matale
Country: Srilanka

Example

In object oriented style the syntax of this function is $result->fetch_array(); Following is the example of this function in object oriented style $minus;

<?php
   //Creating a connection
   $con = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "password", "mydb");

   $con -> query("CREATE TABLE Test(Name VARCHAR(255), Age INT)");
   $con -> query("insert into Test values('Raju', 25),('Rahman', 30),('Sarmista', 27)");
   print("Table Created.....\n");

   $stmt = $con -> prepare( "SELECT * FROM Test WHERE Name in(?, ?)");
   $stmt -> bind_param("ss", $name1, $name2);
   $name1 = 'Raju';
   $name2 = 'Rahman';

   //Executing the statement
   $stmt->execute();

   //Retrieving the result
   $result = $stmt->get_result();

   //Fetching all the rows as arrays
   while($row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC)){	
      print("Name: ".$row["Name"]."\n");
      print("Age: ".$row["Age"]."\n");
   }

   //Closing the statement
   $stmt->close();

   //Closing the connection
   $con->close();
?>

This will produce following result −

Table Created.....
Name: Raju
Age: 25
Name: Rahman
Age: 30

Example

You can also retrieve the contents of a result row as a numeric array −

<?php
   $con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "password", "mydb");

   mysqli_query($con, "CREATE TABLE myplayers(ID INT, First_Name VARCHAR(255), Last_Name VARCHAR(255), Place_Of_Birth VARCHAR(255), Country VARCHAR(255))");
   print("Table Created.....\n");
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO myplayers values(1, 'Sikhar', 'Dhawan', 'Delhi', 'India')");
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO myplayers values(2, 'Jonathan', 'Trott', 'CapeTown', 'SouthAfrica')");
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO myplayers values(3, 'Kumara', 'Sangakkara', 'Matale', 'Srilanka')");
   print("Record Inserted.....\n");

   //Retrieving the contents of the table
   $res = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM myplayers");

   //Fetching all the rows as arrays
   while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQLI_NUM)){
      print("ID: ".$row[0]."\n");
      print("First_Name: ".$row[1]."\n");
      print("Last_Name: ".$row[2]."\n");
      print("Place_Of_Birth: ".$row[3]."\n");
      print("Country: ".$row[4]."\n");
   }
   //Closing the statement
   mysqli_free_result($res);

   //Closing the connection
   mysqli_close($con);
?>

This will produce following result −

Table Created.....
Record Inserted.....
ID: 1
First_Name: Sikhar
Last_Name: Dhawan
Place_Of_Birth: Delhi
Country: India
ID: 2
First_Name: Jonathan
Last_Name: Trott
Place_Of_Birth: CapeTown
Country: SouthAfrica
ID: 3
First_Name: Kumara
Last_Name: Sangakkara
Place_Of_Birth: Matale
Country: Srilanka