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PHP

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Posted by Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

PHP mysqli_fetch_assoc . I dont get this code

HI,

<div id="shoutss">
                <ul>
                    <?php while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($shouts)) : ?>
                        <li class="shout">
                            <span><?php echo $row['time'] ?> - </span><strong><?php echo $row['user'] ?>:</strong> <?php echo $row['message'] ?>
                        </li>
                    <?php endwhile; ?>
                </ul>
            </div><!-- /shouts -->

I do understand all the code here apart from 

($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($shouts))

I dont get this , what does it do? i did research but i coudnt find it .

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

Oh as well as this 

mysqli_real_escape_string

And $con stands for the code where the database is connection.

1 Answer

shiv sandhu
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shiv sandhu
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,979 Points

mysqli_fetch_assoc() is a function that fetches a result row in a associative array.

$shouts = mysqli_query($connect, "SELECT * FROM user WHERE firstname='someone' lastname='myname' "); //This will run a query against mysql database. it will request the row with user = someone and password = password.

while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($shouts)) // mysqli_fetch_assoc() will fetches result row in an associative array and its value will be assigned to $row like $row['firstname'] will be someone and $row['lastname'] will be myname. This is helpfull when the are multiple results.

For example - Suppose you have 3 rows with same information where firstname='someone' lastname='myname' but different id in this case you have to use while loop and mysqli_fetch_assoc(). So, that you can loop through each array. In first loop the $row['id'] could be 1, In second loop it could be 2 and in third it could be something else.

This could be bit complicated in the beginning.

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

Thank you!

I get it better now. I saw that there are a lot fo these kind of long commands : p .

They should make an documentation from treehouse that assigns this answer, in this case your answer to the command yo udescribed : p that way this would be very easy : p