Question

$sql1="SELECT id FROM table ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1";

echo '1234/' . $sql1 . "<br />";

Well the output is 1234/SELECT id FROM table ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1

but i want the output to be

1234/respective value

If possible give some explanation also

I am new to PHP ..

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You have not actually done a query, only defined the SQL query you intend to run as a string variable. You need to establish a database connection, perform the query, and retrieve the result before your respective value will be what you want.

Start reading the PHP MySQL manual here.

// Connect to your database
$conn = mysql_connect($host, $username, $password);
mysql_select_db("database_name");

// Perform the query
$sql1="SELECT id FROM table ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1";
$result = mysql_query($sql);

// Fetch the results - only one row in your case
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

// Use the $row result set to output your string.
echo '1234/' . $row['id'] . "<br />";