Question

Here I have a MySQL database and I need to retrieve many rows.

I need the data to stack up in one array:

$query_sel_node  = "SELECT * FROM $table_name";                 
$result_data = mysql_query($query_sel_node);

$data_rec = array("data" => array(), "data_h" => array(), "file" => array(), "ptr" => array(), "name" => array());
while($data_fetched = mysql_fetch_assoc($result_data))
                {   
                    array_push($data_rec["data_h"], $data_fetched['data_h']);
                    array_push($data_rec["data"], $data_fetched['data']);
                    array_push($data_rec["file"], $data_fetched['m_file_thumb']);
                    array_push($data_rec["ptr"], $data_fetched['m_pointer']);
                    array_push($data_rec["name"], $data_fetched['m_name']);
                }

now, i’ve added alot of columns to my table , which means i would need to array_push() for every single column i made.

is there a easier way that i can do this with fewer lines of code?

what i’m looking for is this:

i have a mysql table with column {m_data, m_name, m_file}
and i have several rows of data

now i need to get them into array

my array will use the column names an the key,
then i’ll store my row data into each key

Answer 1

First, get all of the column names from the desired table:

SELECT
    COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE
    table_name = '$table_name'

Build the array ($table) with the column names and assign an empty array to each one (for the data):

$columns_query = mysql_query($the_above_query);
$table = array();
while ($column = mysql_fetch_row($columns_query))
    $table[$column[0]] = array();

Fetch the data for each column and insert it into the $table array:

foreach (array_keys($table) as $column)
{
    $query_sel_node  = "SELECT $column FROM $table_name";                 
    $result_data = mysql_query($query_sel_node);

    while ($data = mysql_fetch_row($result_data))
        $table[$column][] = $data[0];
}

Now, $table will contain the exact structure and data that the table $table_name does.