PHP mysqli_fetch_row() Function

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_row() function accepts a result object as a parameter, retrieves the contents of its current row as an array of strings.

Syntax

mysqli_fetch_row($result);

Parameters

Return Values

The PHP mysqli_fetch_row() function returns an array (string) which contains the values in the row to which the data seek is currently pointed.

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_row() 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");

   while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($res)) {
      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

Example

In object oriented style the syntax of this function is $result->fetch_row(); 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)");
   $con -> query("insert into Test values('Mohan', 28),('Raghav', 35),('Devika', 30)");

   print("Table Created.....\n");

   $stmt = $con -> prepare( "SELECT * FROM Test WHERE Name in(?, ?, ?, ?)");
   $stmt -> bind_param("ssss", $name1, $name2, $name3, $name4);
   $name1 = 'Raju';
   $name2 = 'Rahman';
   $name3 = 'Raghav';
   $name4 = 'Devika';

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

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


   //Fetching the contents of all the row
   while ($row = $res->fetch_row()) {
      print("Name: ".$row[0]."\n");
      print("Age: ".$row[1]."\n");
      print("\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

Name: Raghav
Age: 35

Name: Devika
Age: 30