Question

How do I fix the “Mysql_fetch_array supplied argument is not a valid MYSQL result” error?

This is the code that had the error:

<?php
    require "connect.php";
    $query = mysql_query("SELECT author, date 
                            FROM articles 
                           WHERE id = ' . $id . '") or die(mysql_error());
    $runrows = mysql_fetch_array('$query');

     $author = $runrows['author'];
     $date = $runrows['date'];        
?>

Answer 1

  $query = mysql_query("SELECT author, date FROM articles WHERE id = ' . $id . '") or die(mysql_error());
  $runrows = mysql_fetch_array($query);

There should be no quotes for $query. Its a variable, not a string.