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  <refentry id="function.msql-fetch-array">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>msql_fetch_array</refname>
    <refpurpose>Fetch row as array</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>int</type><methodname>msql_fetch_array</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>query_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>result_type</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row, or &false; if
     there are no more rows.
    </para>
    <para>
     <function>msql_fetch_array</function> is an extended version of
     <function>msql_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>
     The second optional argument <parameter>result_type</parameter>
     in <function>msql_fetch_array</function> is a constant and can
     take the following values: MSQL_ASSOC, MSQL_NUM, and MSQL_BOTH with
     MSQL_BOTH being the default.
    </para>
    <para>
     Be careful if you are retrieving results from a query that may
     return a record that contains only one field that has a value of
     0 (or an empty string, or &null;).
    </para>  
    <para> 
     An important thing to note is that using
     <function>msql_fetch_array</function> is NOT significantly slower
     than using <function>msql_fetch_row</function>, while it provides
     a significant added value.
    </para>  
    <para>
     See also
     <function>msql_fetch_row</function> and
     <function>msql_fetch_object</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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