Question

    $tmp = mysql_query("SELECT commercial FROM Channels WHERE name='".mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['name'])."'");
    while( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($tmp))
    {
     echo $row['commercial'];
    }

I only want to access the first element.
not in a while loop

Answer 1

You can use mysql_fetch_row to retrieve the value like that …

$row = mysql_fetch_row($tmp);
$commercial = $row['commercial'];