Question

I have a MySQL query that returns 3 random rows whenever it is ran. I want to store each row in an array, with each column of the row a different part of the array. Hopefully Im being clear. Here is where Im at so far.

$result = mysql_query("SELECT NAME,AUTHOR,CITY FROM TESTIMONIALS ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 3");
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

The problem with this is it stores EVERYTHING in $result, and I do not know how to reference different columns once it is there. I’m doing this so I can ultimately print the specified random entries that I would like into 9 different DIVs.

Answer 1

Try:

$array = Array();

$result = mysql_query("SELECT NAME,AUTHOR,CITY FROM TESTIMONIALS ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 3");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
    $array[] = $row;
}