Question

I am using the following SQL query:

Select * from table1 as t1, table2 as t2 where t1.id = t2.col

but my problem is that both the tables have fields with same name, place.
So how can I select the column with name place from table2 in my PHP code?
I want to use the following php code

 while($row_records = mysql_fetch_array($result_records))
    {

            <?  echo $row_records['place']; ?>

     }

How can I fetch the field from particular table?

Answer 1

Never use…

Select * from ...

… in a production environment – Always specify explicitly which columns you want to return.

Thus you could amend your SQL to:

Select t1.Place as T1Place, t2.Place as T2Place
  from table1 as t1, table2 as t2 where t1.id = t2.col

So in your PHP you would have:

 while($row_records = mysql_fetch_array($result_records))
 {

        <?  echo $row_records['T2Place']; ?>

 }