(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row, or
FALSE if there are no more
rows.
mysql_fetch_array() is an
extended version of
mysql_fetch_row(). In addition to
storing the data in the numeric indices of the result array,
it also stores the data in associative indices, using the
field names as keys.
If two or more columns of the result have the same field
names, the last column will take precedence. To access the
other column(s) of the same name, you must use the numeric
index of the column or make an alias for the column. For
aliased columns, you cannot access the contents with the
original column name (by using
'field' in this example).
An important thing to note is that using mysql_fetch_array() is
not significantly slower than
using mysql_fetch_row(), while it provides a
significant added value.
The optional second argument
result_type in
mysql_fetch_array() is a constant and can take the
following values: MYSQL_ASSOC, MYSQL_NUM, and MYSQL_BOTH.
This feature was added in PHP 3.0.7. MYSQL_BOTH is the
default for this argument.
By using MYSQL_BOTH, you'll get an array with both
associative and number indices. Using MYSQL_ASSOC, you only
get associative indices (as
mysql_fetch_assoc() works), using MYSQL_NUM, you only
get number indices (as
mysql_fetch_row() works).
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For further details, see also
mysql_fetch_row() and
mysql_fetch_assoc().