PHP SQL Result stored as var in new sql query - php

Question

So its a php game etc...
This is the main part of my script;
$sql = "SELECT * from search1 WHERE username='Hitachi'";
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $sql);
while ($rows = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
$timeleft = $rows['time'];
$target55 = $rows['target'];
$id = $rows['id'];
$status = $rows['status'];
$hours = $rows['hours'];
$started = $rows['started'];
$deletetime = $started - 86400;
mysqli_query($connection, "DELETE FROM search WHERE started<'$deletetime'");
$starttime = $started;
$time1 = $starttime + 10800;
$a_query = mysqli_query($connection, "SELECT * FROM BG WHERE username='$target55' AND status='Ready'");
$check_found = mysqli_num_rows($a_query);
if ($check_found >= 1) {
$bg = mysqli_query($connection, "SELECT * FROM BG WHERE status='Ready' AND username='$target55' ORDER by slot DESC LIMIT 1");
while ($i = mysqli_fetch_object($bg)) {
$bg1 = $i->bodyguard;
}
echo "This user has a bodyguard called <b>$bg1</b>!";
if ($time1 < time() && $hours >= 3 || $userlevel >= 14) {
$sql2 = "SELECT * from users WHERE username='$target55'";
$result2 = mysqli_query($connection, $sql2);
while ($rows2 = mysqli_fetch_array($result2)) {
$target_country = $rows2['country'];
}
mysqli_query($connection, "UPDATE search1 SET status='2', location='$target_country', found='$target_country' WHERE id='$id'");
}
mysqli_query($connection, "DELETE FROM BG WHERE username='$target55'");
This does nothing at all regardless if there is a bodyguard or not.
If i remove the check for the bodyguard etc then it works however i need it to check?