Question

Is there a shortcut for showing and selecting mysql without using the mysql_fetch_array to every variable?

<?
  $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tblpp WHERE section='1' game='1'");
  while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
  {
    $s1g1 = $row['score'];
  }
  $s1g2;$s1g3;$s1g4;$s1g5;
?>

Should I keep adding the $result to every statement just to show it or is there a shortcut?

Answer 1

If you want to append the result to a variable you can do so using period concatenation:

$s1g1 .= $row['score'];

If you wish to save the data for use later, you can store it in an array:

$array[] = $row[score];

Also, please stop using mysql_ functions. They are no longer maintained and are officially deprecated. See the red box? Learn about prepared statements instead, and use PDO or MySQLi – this article will help you decide which.