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May 09.2004

Okay, so I’m using a simple SELECT FROM query to get a name, should be simple, right?

[code=php]
$author=mysql_query(“SELECT username FROM users WHERE id=’$aid'”);
echo($author);
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Yes, $aid is set. Now, I’ve run this same tibit of code in phpMyAdmin, and it works, but in my script I get this:

[QUOTE]

Resource id #6Resource id #7Resource id #8Resource id #9Resource id #10Resource id #11Resource id #12Resource id #13Resource id #14Resource id #15Resource id #16Resource id #17Resource id #18Resource id #19Resource id #20Resource id #21

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I don’t even understand that, let alone know what it means… can anyone help me here? I want $author to have the username.

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@solavarMay 09.2004 — Yes, the way you've got it, $author is indeed the resource id, and not the 'author' you are looking for.

Here is how it should be:

[code=php]
$result=mysql_query("SELECT username FROM users WHERE id='$aid'");

$authors = mysql_fetch_row($result);
$author = $authors[0];
echo $author;

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@MstrBobauthorMay 09.2004 — Thank you ever so kindly, it works like a charm! This is why I love these forums...
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