(PHP 8 >= 8.1.0)
mysqli_result::fetch_column -- mysqli_fetch_column — Fetch a single column from the next row of a result set
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Fetches one row of data from the result set and returns the 0-indexed column.
Each subsequent call to this function will return the value from the next row
within the result set, or false if there are no more rows.
Note: This function sets NULL fields to the PHP
nullvalue.
resultProcedural style only: A mysqli_result object returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result(), mysqli_use_result() or mysqli_stmt_get_result().
column0-indexed number of the column you wish to retrieve from the row. If no value is supplied, the first column will be returned.
Returns a single column
from the next row of a result set or false if there are no more rows.
There is no way to return another column from the same row if you use this function to retrieve data.
Example #1 mysqli_result::fetch_column() example
Object-oriented style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$query = "SELECT CountryCode, Name FROM City ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 5";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
/* fetch a single value from the second column */
while ($Name = $result->fetch_column(1)) {
printf("%s\n", $Name);
}Procedural style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$query = "SELECT CountryCode, Name FROM City ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 5";
$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, $query);
/* fetch a single value from the second column */
while ($Name = mysqli_fetch_column($result, 1)) {
printf("%s\n", $Name);
}The above examples will output something similar to:
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