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

Try This

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$result = mysqli_query('SELECT * FROM Users WHERE UserName LIKE $username');

if($result){
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
    echo $row['FirstName'];
}
}