PHP and MySQL Select a Single Value [duplicate]

Answer 1

The mysql_* functions are deprecated and unsafe. The code in your question in vulnerable to injection attacks. It is highly recommended that you use the PDO extension instead, like so:

session_start();

$query = "SELECT 'id' FROM Users WHERE username = :name LIMIT 1";
$statement = $PDO->prepare($query);
$params = array(
    'name' => $_GET["username"]
);
$statement->execute($params);
$user_data = $statement->fetch();

$_SESSION['myid'] = $user_data['id'];

Where $PDO is your PDO object variable. See https://www.php.net/pdo_mysql for more information about PHP and PDO.

For extra help:

Here's a jumpstart on how to connect to your database using PDO:

$database_username = "YOUR_USERNAME";
$database_password = "YOUR_PASSWORD";
$database_info = "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=YOUR_DATABASE_NAME";
try
{
    $PDO = new PDO($database_info, $database_username, $database_password);
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
    // Handle error here
}