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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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