Question

So this question is probably pretty basic.

I am wanting to create an array from selected elements from a SQL table.

I am currently using:

$rcount = mysql_num_rows($result);

for ($j = 0; $j <= $rcount; $j++)
{
    $row = mysql_fetch_row($result);
    $patients = array($row[0] => $row[2]);
}

I would like this to return an array like this:

$patients = (bob=>1, sam=>2, john=>3, etc...)

Unfortunately, in its current form, this code is either copying nothing to the array or only copying the last element.

Answer 1

Try this instead.

$patients = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
    $patients[$row[0]] = $row[2];
}

If it doesn’t work, there’s something wrong with your query.