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mysqli_result::fetch_assoc

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Fetch the next row of a result set as an associative array

Description

Oop

mysqli_result::fetch_assoc(): array|null|false

Procedural

mysqli_fetch_assoc(mysqli_result $result): array|null|false

Fetches one row of data from the result set and returns it as an associative array. Each subsequent call to this function will return the next row within the result set, or null if there are no more rows.

If two or more columns of the result have the same name, the last column will take precedence and overwrite any previous data. To access multiple columns with the same name, mysqli_fetch_row() may be used to fetch the numerically indexed array, or aliases may be used in the SQL query select list to give columns different names.

Field-case Fetch-null

Parameters

Return Values

Returns an associative array representing the fetched row, where each key in the array represents the name of one of the result set's columns, null if there are no more rows in the result set, Falseforfailure.

Examples

mysqli_result::fetch_assoc example

Oop

php
<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY ID DESC";

$result = $mysqli->query($query);

/* fetch associative array */
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    printf("%s (%s)\n", $row["Name"], $row["CountryCode"]);
}

Procedural

php
<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY ID DESC";

$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, $query);

/* fetch associative array */
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    printf("%s (%s)\n", $row["Name"], $row["CountryCode"]);
}

Similar

output
Pueblo (USA)
Arvada (USA)
Cape Coral (USA)
Green Bay (USA)
Santa Clara (USA)

Comparison of mysqli_result iterator and mysqli_result::fetch_assoc usage

mysqli_result can be iterated using Foreach. The result set will always be iterated from the first row, regardless of the current position.

php
<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$query = 'SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY ID DESC';

// Using iterators
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
foreach ($result as $row) {
    printf("%s (%s)\n", $row["Name"], $row["CountryCode"]);
}

echo "\n==================\n";

// Not using iterators
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    printf("%s (%s)\n", $row["Name"], $row["CountryCode"]);
}

The above example will output something similar to:

output
Pueblo (USA)
Arvada (USA)
Cape Coral (USA)
Green Bay (USA)
Santa Clara (USA)

==================
Pueblo (USA)
Arvada (USA)
Cape Coral (USA)
Green Bay (USA)
Santa Clara (USA)

See Also

Source: reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-assoc.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)