Question

What is the fastest and easiest way to get a specific value from a mysql database table and echo it as a php variable?

For example:

I have a table like so:

label            value
------------------------
postpage         About
name             My Blog

I want to echo out the value column that has a label of postpage. In this case it would be the text “About”. How would I do this with as little code as possible using php and mysql?

Thanks!

Answer 1

This should help get you started. Keep in mind it is a very simple example, and there are other visual/security changes you would need to make in a real application:

<?php
//Connect to your database....

$info = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `your-table` WHERE `label` = 'postpage'"));
echo $info['value'];
?>