PHP MySQL Query Single Record

PHP MySQL Query Single Record

Use SELECT statement and set the Limit to 1.

Syntax

$sel_query = 'SELECT first_name, last_name FROM student LIMIT 1';

$result = mysql_query($sel_query, $connection) ;

Example 1

<?php

define('HOST', 'localhost');
define('USER', 'root');
define('PASS', 'yeething');
define('DBNAME', 'woowood');

$connection = mysql_connect(HOST, USER, PASS);

if (!$connection) {
	die("can not connect to the server!<br/>");
} else {

	$rdb = mysql_select_db(DBNAME);
	if (!$rdb) {
		die("The " . DBNAME . "database could not be selected");
	} else {
		
		$sel_query = 'SELECT first_name, last_name FROM student LIMIT 1';

		$result = mysql_query($sel_query, $connection) or die(mysql_error($connection));
		echo '<table border="1">';
		echo '<tr><th>First Name</th><th>Last Name</th></tr>';
		while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
			echo '<tr>';
			foreach ($row as $value) {
				echo '<td>' . $value . '</td>';
			}
			echo "</tr>";
		}
	}
}
mysql_close($connection);
?> 

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