Question

Total noob, having trouble using a variable to loop through row.
I’d like to print the contents of the column header_en. So I:

Set $lang to en, connect to db and SELECT *

Then:

while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {
    echo "<h3>Headline is: $row['header_$lang]</h3>";
    echo "<p>Author: $row[author]</p>";
} 

I’ve been searching for hours, tried concatenating around the $lang variable, all sorts of stuff… no luck. My syntax-fu isn’t all that strong yet.

Any pointers?

Answer 1

Try

echo "<h3>Headline is: " . $row['header_'.$lang] . "</h3>";

or even

$headerLanguage = 'header_'.$lang;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) { 
    echo "<h3>Headline is: " . $row[$headerLanguage] . "</h3>"; 
    echo "<p>Author: $row[author]</p>"; 
}