TWO MySQL commands (SELECT to View), but only one is showing output - php

Question

I have a table and each , I want to select a data from the same table in my database.
For example, first <td> is first name, then the second <td> is phone number.
I got the command, but only the first command is showing output.
This is my php codes to open and connect to the database :
<?php
include("./inc/db_connect.php");
$conn = OpenCon();
?>
This is the php codes for the table including <th> and <td> :
<div class="layer55">
<h3>
<table class="flat-table">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM sharp_emp WHERE employee_id = 'AA170336'";
if ($result = $conn->query($sql)) {
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
echo "Name";
}
}
?>
</th>
<th>
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM sharp_emp WHERE employee_id = 'AA170336'";
if ($result = $conn->query($sql)) {
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
echo "Phone Number";
}
}
?>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<?php
$sql = "SELECT first_name FROM sharp_emp WHERE employee_id = 'AA170336'";
while ($row = $result->fetch_array()) {
echo "" . $row['first_name'] . "";
}
?>
</td>
<td>
<?php
$sql = "SELECT phone FROM sharp_emp WHERE employee_id = 'AA170336'";
while ($row = $result->fetch_array()) {
echo "" . $row['phone'] . "";
}
?>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</h3>
</div>
This is the php codes for db_connect.php :
<?php
function OpenCon()
{
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbuser = // Hidden;
$dbpass = // Hidden;
$db = "sharp_db";
$conn = new mysqli($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass,$db) or die("Connect failed: %s\n". $conn -> error);
return $conn;
}
function CloseCon($conn)
{
$conn -> close();
}
?>
The expected output :
|----------|----------|
|Name |Phone Number|
|----------|----------|
|John |179898765 |
The current output :
|----------|----------|
|Name |Phone Number|
|----------|----------|
|John |Null (empty) |

Answer 1

You are running the same query multiple times, overwriting the $result variable for no reason, having useless $sql for the later 2 fetch without using them, and fetching a single $result twice by mistake.
So there are multiple concept problem with your code. I think your current code is something equivalant to this:
<div class="layer55">
<h3>
<table class="flat-table">
<tbody>
<tr>
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM sharp_emp WHERE employee_id = 'AA170336'";
if ($result = $conn->query($sql)) {
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
?>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Phone Number</th>
<?php } else { ?>
<th></th>
<th></th>
<?php } ?>
<?php } ?>
</tr>
<tr>
<?php if ($row = $result->fetch_array()) { ?>
<td><?php echo "" . $row['first_name'] . ""; ?></td>
<td><?php echo "" . $row['phone'] . ""; ?></td>
<?php } else { ?>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<?php } ?>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</h3>
</div>
But frankly, it makes no sense to me to print an empty table when there is no result. So what you need is probably something like this.
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM sharp_emp WHERE employee_id = 'AA170336'";
if (
($result = $conn->query($sql))
&& ($result->num_rows > 0)
&& ($row = $result->fetch_array())
):
?>
<div class="layer55">
<h3>
<table class="flat-table">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Phone Number</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $row['first_name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['phone']; ?></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</h3>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>