mysqli_result::fetch_array

mysqli_fetch_array

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

mysqli_result::fetch_array -- mysqli_fetch_array — Fetch a result row as an associative, a numeric array, or both

Description

Object oriented style

mixed mysqli_result::fetch_array ([ int $resulttype = MYSQLI_BOTH ] )

Procedural style

mixed mysqli_fetch_array ( mysqli_result $result [, int $resulttype = MYSQLI_BOTH ] )

Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row or NULL if there are no more rows for the resultset represented by the result parameter.

mysqli_fetch_array() is an extended version of the mysqli_fetch_row() function. In addition to storing the data in the numeric indices of the result array, the mysqli_fetch_array() function can also store the data in associative indices, using the field names of the result set as keys.

Note: Field names returned by this function are case-sensitive.

Note: This function sets NULL fields to the PHP NULL value.

If two or more columns of the result have the same field names, the last column will take precedence and overwrite the earlier data. In order to access multiple columns with the same name, the numerically indexed version of the row must be used.

Parameters

result

Procedural style only: A result set identifier returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result().

resulttype

This optional parameter is a constant indicating what type of array should be produced from the current row data. The possible values for this parameter are the constants MYSQLI_ASSOC, MYSQLI_NUM, or MYSQLI_BOTH.

By using the MYSQLI_ASSOC constant this function will behave identically to the mysqli_fetch_assoc(), while MYSQLI_NUM will behave identically to the mysqli_fetch_row() function. The final option MYSQLI_BOTH will create a single array with the attributes of both.

Return Values

Returns an array of strings that corresponds to the fetched row or NULL if there are no more rows in resultset.

Examples

Example #1 Object oriented style


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

/* check connection */
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
    exit();
}

$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER by ID LIMIT 3";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);

/* 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["Name"], $row["CountryCode"]);

/* associative and numeric array */
$row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_BOTH);
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row["CountryCode"]);

/* free result set */
$result->free();

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>

Example #2 Procedural style


<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER by ID LIMIT 3";
$result = mysqli_query($link, $query);

/* numeric array */
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_NUM);
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row[1]);

/* associative array */
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC);
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row["Name"], $row["CountryCode"]);

/* associative and numeric array */
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_BOTH);
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row["CountryCode"]);

/* free result set */
mysqli_free_result($result);

/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above examples will output:

Kabul (AFG)
Qandahar (AFG)
Herat (AFG)

User Contributed Notes

Jammerx2

6 years ago


Putting multiple rows into an array:

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

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER by ID LIMIT 3";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);

while($row = $result->fetch_array())
{
$rows[] = $row;
}

foreach($rows as $row)
{
echo $row['CountryCode'];
}

/* free result set */
$result->close();

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>

Duncan

3 years ago


Note that the array returned contains only strings.

E.g. when a MySQL field is an INT you may expect the field to be returned as an integer, however all fields are simply returned as strings.

What this means: use double-equals not triple equals when comparing numbers.

<?php
print $array_from_mysqli_fetch_array['id'] == 1 ? "true" : "false"; // true
print $array_from_mysqli_fetch_array['id'] === 1 ? "true" : "false"; // false
?>

ahouston at gmail dot com

4 years ago


Here is a function to return an associative array with multiple columns as keys to the array.

This is a rough approximation of the perl DBI->fetchall_hashref function - something I find myself using quite a bit.

Given a simple mySQL table:

mysql> select * from city;
+----------------+----------------+------------------+------------+
| country        | region         | city             | hemisphere |
+----------------+----------------+------------------+------------+
| South Africa   | KwaZulu-Natal  | Durban           | South      |
| South Africa   | Gauteng        | Johannesburg     | South      |
| South Africa   | Gauteng        | Tshwane          | South      |
| South Africa   | KwaZulu-Natal  | Pietermaritzburg | South      |
| United Kingdom | Greater London | City of London   | North      |
| United Kingdom | Greater London | Wimbledon        | North      |
| United Kingdom | Lancashire     | Liverpool        | North      |
| United Kingdom | Lancashire     | Manchester       | North      |
+----------------+----------------+------------------+------------+

*Note* - this is a simple function that makes no attempt to keep multiple values per key, so you need to specify all the unique keys you require.

<?php

        $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "username", "password", "test");
        $result = mysqli_query($link, "select * from city");
        $results_arr = fetch_all_assoc($result,array('hemisphere','country','region','city'));

function fetch_all_assoc(& $result,$index_keys) {

  // Args :    $result = mysqli result variable (passed as reference to allow a free() at the end
  //           $indexkeys = array of columns to index on
  // Returns : associative array indexed by the keys array

  $assoc = array();             // The array we're going to be returning

  while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {

        $pointer = & $assoc;            // Start the pointer off at the base of the array

        for ($i=0; $i<count($index_keys); $i++) {
        
                $key_name = $index_keys[$i];
                if (!isset($row[$key_name])) {
                        print "Error: Key $key_name is not present in the results output.\n";
                        return(false);
                }

                $key_val= isset($row[$key_name]) ? $row[$key_name]  : "";
        
                if (!isset($pointer[$key_val])) {               

                        $pointer[$key_val] = "";                // Start a new node
                        $pointer = & $pointer[$key_val];                // Move the pointer on to the new node
                }
                else {
                        $pointer = & $pointer[$key_val];            // Already exists, move the pointer on to the new node
                }

        } // for $i

        // At this point, $pointer should be at the furthest point on the tree of keys
        // Now we can go through all the columns and place their values on the tree
        // For ease of use, include the index keys and their values at this point too

        foreach ($row as $key => $val) {
                        $pointer[$key] = $val;
        }

  } // $row

  /* free result set */
  $result->close();

  return($assoc);               
}

?>