I need some PHP code to display all columns (without referencing how many there are, or their names) in a comma separated, one row per line, format.
I am a novice and have only ever worked with examples where I reference the columns by name:
$result = mysql_query("select * from table1");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row["field1"].','.$row["field2"];
}
In the above code, can I create a looping echo command based on the number of columns (how do I get this value?) to print all the columns – if I can display the column names in the first row of output, great, but it’s not essential. Or, is there a specific command that will achieve the same result?
I think the answer is a foreach($row as....)
- but not sure where to go from there.
Yep you can do a foreach but if you just want to display your values in a CSV style you can do :
$firstRow = true;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
if ($firstRow) {
$firstRow = false;
$columns = array_keys($row);
// prints all the column names
echo implode(',', $columns);
}
// print all the values
echo implode(',', $row);
}
If you want more control over what you output you can use a foreach :
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
foreach ($row as $column => $value) {
echo $column.' : '.$value."
";
}
}
You'll want to count the $row
array
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$columns = count($row);
for($i = 0; $i < $columns; $i++)
{
echo $row[$i].',';
}
}
Or you can use foreach()
as @Dagon has pointed out -
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
foreach($row as $column)
{
echo $column . ',';
{
}
Please, stop using mysql_*
functions. They are no longer maintained and are officially deprecated. Learn about prepared statements instead, and consider using PDO.