Question

I have a fully working query, however, I don’t know how to read the results in PHP.

SELECT * FROM [...]
LEFT JOIN media ON m_media_id=r_release_media_id
[...]
LEFT JOIN media AS episode_media ON episode_media.m_media_id=ms_media_id

Here’s the thing: I’m calling the “media” table twice, as you can see. It reads out great as a SQL query, but I get media.m_media_id and episode_media.m_media_id – how do I get those in PHP?

I’m calling the query like this, however the $record-> part doesn’t work as the dot messes it up. How do I do this correctly?

$result = mysql_query($sql); 
while ($record = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
    $1 = $record->media.m_media_id 
    $2 = $record->episode_media.m_media_id
}

I’ve searched to find the answer but I can only find the MySQL queries, not the PHP part. Thanks.

Answer 1

You should use aliases.

I suggest querying like this:

SELECT media.m_media_id as name1, episode_media.m_media_id as name2....

Then you should be able to call them as:

$name1 = $record->name1
$name2 = $record->name2