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<refentry xml:id='function.mssql-fetch-assoc' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mssql_fetch_assoc</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns an associative array of the current row in the result</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>mssql_fetch_assoc</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result_id</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns an associative array that corresponds to the fetched row and moves
   the internal data pointer ahead. <function>mssql_fetch_assoc</function> is
   equivalent to calling <function>mssql_fetch_array</function> with
   <constant>MSSQL_ASSOC</constant> for the optional second parameter.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>result_id</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a
       call to <function>mssql_query</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an associative array that corresponds to the fetched row, or
   &false; if there are no more rows.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>mssql_fetch_assoc</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Send a select query to MSSQL
$query = mssql_query('SELECT [username], [name] FROM [php].[dbo].[userlist]');

// Check if there were any records
if (!mssql_num_rows($query)) {
    echo 'No records found';
}
else
{
    // Print a nice list of users in the format of:
    // * name (username)

    echo '<ul>';

    while ($row = mssql_fetch_assoc($query)) {
        echo '<li>' . $row['name'] . ' (' . $row['username'] . ')</li>';
    }

    echo '</ul>';
}

// Free the query result
mssql_free_result($query);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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