I’m not exactly new to PHP but I haven’t used MySQL that much, so

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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T10:48:45+00:00 2026-05-16T10:48:45+00:00

I’m not exactly new to PHP but I haven’t used MySQL that much, so I’ll ask you guys about this one.

I have a database with one row of data, which consists of a date and two integers. However, when I query the database with this:

$query = "SELECT * FROM history";
$theQuery = mysql_query($query, $connect);
$array = mysql_fetch_array($theQuery);

… and I do a print_r, I get the following:

Array
(
    [0] => 2010-08-17
    [date] => 2010-08-17
    [1] => 17454
    [posts] => 17454
    [2] => 1058
    [members] => 1058
)

Am I doing something wrong? I plan on having many rows with a ton of data and printing it to a table, THEN how would I go about sorting through it?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-16T10:48:45+00:00

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First : You did everything right

You can use mysql_fetch_assoc or mysql_fetch_array(resource $result, MYSQL_ASSOC).

The default is to return MYSQL_BOTH (associative array + numeric array).

For more information, see mysql_fetch_array.

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