Formatting php array output

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I need a little help with my PHP. Basically I have a field a page that I need the code to produce an outcome that looks like:

$existing_users=array('bra','vis','rfm');

Where it pulls the 'bra', 'vis', 'rfm' from the database.

So I figured cool lets make this into an array, and then explode it / separate it with '', Which I am not sure is the best approach, though I guess that's where my logic took me. And so I created the array

mysql_select_db($database_db, $db);
$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM clients') or exit(mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {$array[] = $row['shortcode'];}

print_r($array);

Which gives me this:

Array
(
    [0] => bra
    [1] => vis
    [2] => rfm
)

This is where I am stuck. I am not quite sure how to make things happen to my desired result. If anyone can provide me with advice I would be really appreciative.

Whats the question? You access the array like echo $array[1]; which will output vis, also stop using mysql_* functions and move to PDO or mysqli — Lawrence Cherone
– Lawrence Cherone, Commented Aug 25, 2012 at 13:54
Did you ever print_r($existing_users); ? It will print out exactly what you create from MySQL — Mihai Iorga
– Mihai Iorga, Commented Aug 25, 2012 at 13:57
Sorry if I didn't structure my question very well. @mimiEAM the end result I want is: $existing_users=array('bra','vis','rfm'); — Brandrally
– Brandrally, Commented Aug 25, 2012 at 14:03
@MihaiIorga It wouldn't work as $existing_users is the end result that I want. I still need to push the data into the array from the database. — Brandrally
– Brandrally, Commented Aug 25, 2012 at 14:05

Kalaiyarasan · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-25 14:12:26Z

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You can declare the array before the while loop and you can push the values into it like

$existing_users = array();
mysql_select_db($database_db, $db);
$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM clients') or exit(mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {$existing_users[] = $row['shortcode'];}

print_r($existing_users);

answered Aug 25, 2012 at 14:12

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MimiEAM · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-25 14:07:30Z

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have you tried this ?

$existing_users=array($array[0],$array[1],$array[2]);

a raw way of doing what you want , you could use a loop and push the element on the new array if the return of your query is too big

answered Aug 25, 2012 at 14:07

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Brandrally Over a year ago

Thank you for your feedback. I thought of that, though that would also mean that there could only be three fields we would be looking at. The number of names I want to pull-in will be a variable depending on how many names are in the database.

Shomz · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-25 14:11:31Z

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foreach($array as $user){
    $existing_users[] = $user;
}

answered Aug 25, 2012 at 14:11

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