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  <refentry id="function.mysql-fetch-array">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>mysql_fetch_array</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Fetch a result row as an associative array, a numeric array, or both
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>array</type><methodname>mysql_fetch_array</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</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>mysql_fetch_array</function> is an extended version of
     <function>mysql_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>
     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
     <literal>'field'</literal> in this example).
     <example>
      <title>Query with aliased duplicate field names</title>
      <programlisting role="sql">
<![CDATA[
SELECT table1.field AS foo, table2.field AS bar FROM table1, table2
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     An important thing to note is that using
     <function>mysql_fetch_array</function> is <emphasis>not
     significantly</emphasis> slower than using
     <function>mysql_fetch_row</function>, while it provides
     a significant added value.
    </para>
    <para>
     The optional second argument <parameter>result_type</parameter>
     in <function>mysql_fetch_array</function> is a constant and can
     take the following values: <constant>MYSQL_ASSOC</constant>, 
     <constant>MYSQL_NUM</constant>, and <constant>MYSQL_BOTH</constant>. 
     This feature was added in PHP 3.0.7. <constant>MYSQL_BOTH</constant>
     is the default for this argument.
    </para>
    <para>
     By using <constant>MYSQL_BOTH</constant>, you'll get an array
     with both associative and number indices. Using 
     <constant>MYSQL_ASSOC</constant>, you only get associative
     indices (as <function>mysql_fetch_assoc</function> works),
     using <constant>MYSQL_NUM</constant>, you only get number indices (as
     <function>mysql_fetch_row</function> works).
    </para>
    &database.field-case;
    &database.fetch-null;
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>
       <function>mysql_fetch_array</function> with 
       <constant>MYSQL_NUM</constant>
      </title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
    die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("mydb");

$result = mysql_query("SELECT id, name FROM mytable");

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM)) {
    printf("ID: %s  Name: %s", $row[0], $row[1]);  
}

mysql_free_result($result);
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
     <example>
      <title>
       <function>mysql_fetch_array</function> with <constant>MYSQL_ASSOC</constant>
      </title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
    die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("mydb");

$result = mysql_query("SELECT id, name FROM mytable");

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
    printf("ID: %s  Name: %s", $row["id"], $row["name"]);
}

mysql_free_result($result);
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
     <example>
      <title>
       <function>mysql_fetch_array</function> with <constant>MYSQL_BOTH</constant>
      </title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
    die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("mydb");

$result = mysql_query("SELECT id, name FROM mytable");

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_BOTH)) {
    printf ("ID: %s  Name: %s", $row[0], $row["name"]);
}

mysql_free_result($result);
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also
     <function>mysql_fetch_row</function>,
     <function>mysql_fetch_assoc</function>,
     <function>mysql_data_seek</function> and
     <function>mysql_query</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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