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  <refentry id="function.sybase-fetch-array">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>sybase_fetch_array</refname>
    <refpurpose>Fetch row as array</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>array</type><methodname>sybase_fetch_array</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row, or
     &false; if there are no more rows.
    </para>
    <para>
     <function>sybase_fetch_array</function> is an extended version of
     <function>sybase_fetch_row</function>.  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.
    </para>
    <para>
     An important thing to note is that using
     <function>sybase_fetch_array</function> is NOT significantly
     slower than using <function>sybase_fetch_row</function>, while it
     provides a significant added value.
    </para>
    <note>
     <para> 
      When selecting fields with identical names (for instance, in
      a join), the associative indices will have a sequential number prepended.
      See the example for details.
     </para>
    </note>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>Identical fieldnames</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
    $dbh = sybase_connect('SYBASE', '', '');
    $q = sybase_query('SELECT * FROM p, a WHERE p.person_id= a.person_id');
    var_dump(sybase_fetch_array($q));
    sybase_close($dbh);
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
      <para>
       The above example would produce the following output (assuming the two tables only 
       have each one column called "person_id"):
      </para>
      <screen>
<![CDATA[
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  int(1)
  ["person_id"]=>
  int(1)
  [1]=>
  int(1)
  ["person_id1"]=>
  int(1)
}
]]>
      </screen>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also
     <function>sybase_fetch_row</function>,
     <function>sybase_fetch_assoc</function> and
     <function>sybase_fetch_object</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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