mysql_fetch_array does not retrieve all rows

Question

$query = \"SELECT * FROM table\";
$result = mysql_query($query, $db);
$all = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
echo mysql_num_rows($result) . \":\" . count($all);
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Answer 1

Every call to mysql_fetch_assoc($result); gives you one row of the result set:

(from the documentation)

mysql_fetch_assoc — Fetch a result row as an associative array

Returns an associative array that corresponds to the fetched row and moves the internal data pointer ahead. mysql_fetch_assoc() is equivalent to calling mysql_fetch_array() with MYSQL_ASSOC for the optional second parameter. It only returns an associative array.

You have to use the function in a loop:

$all = array();

while(($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))) {
    $all[] = $row;
}

The example in the document shows how it is done.

Answer 2

mysql_fetch_assoc returns only one row in once you have to use loop to retrieve all rows

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
   print_r($row);
}

Answer 3

mysql_fetch_assoc doesn't work that way, you need to call it multiple times to get all rows. Like this:

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($db_result))
{
  print_r($row);
}