Example #1 mysqli_result::fetch_row() example

Object-oriented style

<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY ID DESC";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
/* fetch object array */
while ($row = $result->fetch_row()) {
    printf("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row[1]);
}

Procedural style

<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY ID DESC";
$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, $query);
/* fetch associative array */
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($result)) {
    printf("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row[1]);
}

The above examples will output something similar to:

Pueblo (USA)
Arvada (USA)
Cape Coral (USA)
Green Bay (USA)
Santa Clara (USA)

20

It's worth noting that the MySQLi functions (and, I presume, the MySQL functions) fetch a string regardless of the MySQL data type. E.g. if you fetch a row with an integer column, the corresponding value for that column and row will still be stored as a string in the array returned by mysql_fetch_row.

4

Note that mysqli_fetch() is deprecated but still is in PHP function list. mysqli_fetch_row() is nowadays mysql procedural style used, but is not listed in PHP functions.

5

Remember that fetch() and fetch_row() are two different things, and differ in the way to use them.
- fetch() is used on a statement (like an executed prepared statement) and needs to be used in association with bind_result().
- fetch_row() is used on a result (like the result of query()).
As a consequence, if you want to use to use fetch_row() with an executed prepared statement, first you'll have to get the result out of this statement with mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result().