Question

Trying to: get all users by using the query in the below script into an array

Looking to get output like this:

$existing_users=array('value','value','value', 'value'...)

Php Script:

<?php
require_once('../../../inc/db/dbc.php');
$connect = mysql_connect($h, $u, $p) or die ("Cant Connect to Database.");
mysql_select_db($db);

$q = mysql_query("SELECT uUName FROM User");

$existing_users=array(
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($q, MYSQL_NUM)) { 
        echo " '$row'.','";
    }
);

// $existing_users=array('joe','warren','tim'); 
# ^^^^ manual way of doing it

//value got from the get metho
$user_name=$_POST['user_name'];
//checking weather user exists or not in $existing_users array
if (in_array($user_name, $existing_users))
{
    //user name is not availble
    echo "no";
} 
else
{
    //user name is available
    echo "yes";
}
?>

How do I accomplish this? I know my while/array formation is a bit off there, how do I fix this?

Thanks

Answer 1

$existing_users = Array();

while(list($username) = mysql_fetch_row($q)) $existing_users[] = $username;

mysql_fetch_row($q) will give you Array(0 => result:uUName)

so list($xxx) = mysql_fetch_row($q) – $xxx is first element of Array(0 => result:uUName) equals your result:uUName.