Mysql fetch array, table results

Question

i\'m pretty new to this and not sure how should i do it,

I\'ve got a database with a column called \"names\"

how can i make it display in so?

Answer 1

So most of these answers are going for the kludge. First, if all you want is the name in your resultset, then only ask for it. So rather than going with:

$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM member');

Instead go with:

$result = mysql_query('SELECT names FROM member');

Also, everyone seems to be ignoring the three column request, and that can be satisfied using a modulo to tell when to break the rows. We'll do a little magic to make sure you always close the row tag.

$row_count = 0;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
  {
  if( $row_count % 3 == 0 )
    {
       echo '';
    }
    echo ''.$row['names'].'';
  if( $row_count % 3 == 0 )
    {
       echo '';
    }
  $row_count++; 
  }

I don't want to get too picky about your schema, but if you have a choice, it's better to name the table a plural like members rather than member, since you have a collection of rows, each one representing one 'member'. And unless your members have multiple names that column could probably best be called 'name' instead.