mysqli fetch result as assoc array - php

Question

$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER by ID DESC LIMIT 150,5";
if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare($query)) {
/* execute statement */
$stmt->execute();
/* bind result variables */
$stmt->bind_result($name, $code);
/* fetch values */
while ($stmt->fetch()) {
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $name, $code);
}
/* close statement */
$stmt->close();
}
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
can somebody help me to this statement/syntax? i want the result as associative array (indexed by fieldname) and don't want to write this "$stmt->bind_result($name, $code);" statement. thanks

Answer 1

As you are not actually using any parameters i.e. ? then you dont really need to do a ->prepare
So you could just use the ->query() and ->fetch_assoc() mechanism
$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER by ID DESC LIMIT 150,5";
$result = $mysqli->query($query)
if ( $result === FALSE ) {
echo $mysqli->error;
exit;
}
/* fetch values */
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row['name'], $row['code']);
}
After your comment
This is another option, if you have to keep the prepare
$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER by ID DESC LIMIT 150,5";
// there seems to be some confusion in the manual as to
// whether this next statement is needed or not
// see if that helps
$stmt = $mysqli->stmt_init();
if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare($query)) {
/* execute query */
if (!$stmt->execute()) {
echo $stmt->error;
exit;
}
$result = $stmt->get_result();
/* fetch values */
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row['name'], $row['code']);
}
} else {
echo 'Failed to prepare statement';
exit;
}
The call to $stmt->get_result() basically converts a mysql_stmt object to a mysql_result object

Answer 2

Try this.
$stmt = $mySqli->query($query);
$countries = mysqli_fetch_all($stmt, MYSQLI_ASSOC);
$stmt->close();

Answer 3

Just try this :
while ($stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $name, $code);
}