Which one is better to fetch data from mysql database using PHP and why?
mysql_fetch_row()
mysql_fetch_assoc()
mysql_fetch_array()
Which one is better to fetch data from mysql database using PHP and why?
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Which one is better to fetch data from mysql database using PHP and why?
mysql_fetch_row()
mysql_fetch_assoc()
mysql_fetch_array()
mysql_fetch_row()
It returns array with numeric index/key. Usually it is the faster compare with two other methods.
mysql_fetch_assoc()
It returns array with column name as key. It is slightly slower than mysql_fetch_row().
mysql_fetch_array()
It returns returns essentially two arrays. One with an associative based key index and one with a numeric index. mysql_fetch_array() without specifying which method you want (either MYSQL_NUM or MYSQL_ASSOC) always returns a double array. And it is considerably more inefficient as compared to mysql_fetch_row() or mysql_fetch_assoc(). You can set the result type as second parameter.
I think, actually those method has no significant difference.