Question

I have this situation and I can’t figure out why it is not working. I bet that it is simple, but I just can’t find solution.

This is first file:

$result = query("SELECT name FROM table WHERE something=1 LIMIT 1");
$row = mysql_fetch_row($result);
echo $row[0];

this is query function from second file:

function query($query){
    return mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error());
}

Error I get is:

mysql_fetch_row() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given

@ line where

$row = mysql_fetch_row($result);

is.

So, quite simple, why this is not working like this, and is working when I replace

$result = query("SELECT name FROM table WHERE something=1 LIMIT 1");

with

$result = mysql_query("SELECT name FROM table WHERE something=1 LIMIT 1");

Answer 1

Change the query function to

function query( $query ){

    $result = mysql_query( $query );
    if ( $result === FALSE ){
        die( mysql_error() );
    }
    return $result;
}