Difference between mysql_fetch_array and mysql_fetch_row?

Question

This is a simple question for PHP users. The reason I couldn\'t get the the exact difference between mysql_fetch_array() and mysql_fetch_row() in P

Answer 1

Many of the php programming newbies get confused about mysql_fetch_array(), mysql_fetch_row(), mysql_fetch_assoc() and mysql_fetch_object() functions, but all of these functions performs a similar process.

Let us create a table “tb” for clear example with three fields “id”, “username” and “password”

Table: tb

Insert a new row into the table with values 1 for id, tobby for username and tobby78$2 for password

db.php

mysql_fetch_row()

Fetch a result row as an numeric array

Result

1 tobby tobby78$2

mysql_fetch_object()

Fetch a result row as an object

id;
echo $row->username;
echo $row->password;
?>

Result

1 tobby tobby78$2

mysql_fetch_assoc()

Fetch a result row as an associative array

Result

1 tobby tobby78$2

mysql_fetch_array()

Fetch a result row as an associative array, a numeric array and also it fetches by both associative & numeric array.

/* here both associative array and numeric array will work. */

echo $row[0];
echo $row[1];
echo $row[2];

?>

Result

1 tobby tobby78$2