I’m looking for a method to extract a string from an SQL query result in PHP. In my current approach, I receive an object instead of a plain string. I’m not well-versed in PHP yet and would appreciate some guidance to properly convert the query result into a simple text value. I only need one specific field from one row of the database. Below is a revised example of my code:
$result = mysqli_query($connection, "SELECT name FROM users_table WHERE user_id = '$uniqueId'");
I would like to know how to correctly convert the returned data into a string format.
hey try mysqli_fetch_array, so after ur query do $row = mysqli_fetch_array($result) then just use $row[‘name’] to get the string. makes things simpler, check if row exists so u dont get errors
hey, you might try using mysqli_fetch_row. after your query, do something like list($str) = mysqli_fetch_row($result) so u get your string directly. did u check for errors if no row is found? what othr methods have u used?
After executing your SQL query, a common method to retrieve a specific field value is to fetch the associated row using mysqli_fetch_assoc. For example, assign the result to a variable with $row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result) and then access the string field directly as $name = $row[‘name’]. This approach returns the value in a simple string format once you have verified that the query returned a row. Additionally, ensure proper error handling and use type casting or strval if needed to further guarantee that the value is treated as a string, while keeping security in mind.