mysql_fetch_array()/mysql_fetch_assoc()/mysql_fetch_row()/mysql_num_rows etc… expects parameter 1 to be resource

Question

I am trying to select data from a MySQL table, but I get one of the following error messages:

mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource,

Answer 1

If you tried everything here, and it does not work, you might want to check your MySQL database collation. Mine was set to to a Swedish collation. Then I changed it to utf8_general_ci and everything just clicked into gear.