Simple way to read single record from MySQL

Question

What\'s the best way with PHP to read a single record from a MySQL database? E.g.:

SELECT id FROM games

I was trying to find an answer in t

Answer 1

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$db = new mysqli('localhost', 'tmp', 'tmp', 'your_db');  
$db->set_charset('utf8mb4');

if($row = $db->query("SELECT id FROM games LIMIT 1")->fetch_row()) { //NULL or array
    $id = $row[0];
}