If you want to repeatedly loop through a result set in PHP, you can use
mysql_data_seek($result, 0);
to reset the pointer to the first row. See
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-data-seek.php
-steve
At 9:33 AM +0800 6/4/01, Rolf Hopkins wrote:
>Yep, that's the way you do it. Put it into a 2D array or even better, a
>class. That's if you are familiar with OOP.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Marco Bleeker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 6:57
>Subject: PHP and MySQL result set navigation
>
>
>> I do something like this, where $result is the result of a mysql_query():
>>
>> <?php
>> while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
>> {
>> if ($row[col] == 1)
>> {
>> print_entry($row);
>> }
>> }
>> ?>
>>
>> This is to fill one column on screen. Now I would like to do the same for
>> the second column: if ($row[col] == 2). But the $result pointer has moved
>> to the end. How to move it back to the start again? reset() won't work,
>> because it's not an array, just an integer pointing to a MySQL result set.
>> How to move through this result set using PHP? Or should I just run a
>> seperate query for each column with a 'where col =' clause? That looks
>like
>> pretty intensive use of computer resources... I could also turn the result
>> set into a 2D array of rows and work with that. Sounds a bit voluminous as
>> well...
>>
>> Thanks, marco
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> >
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