PHP Mysql query data not correct - php

Question

I am a newbie Programmer here, I want to know why my code does not get the correct data from my Mysql DB.
mysql_connect('localhost',"root","password");
mysql_select_db("Torch");
$playerbal = mysql_query("SELECT money FROM table WHERE name = '$player'");
If I use this code, then I get the $playerbal as Resource id #7
I have found some solutions for this Resouce id #7 error. If I use mysql_fetch_array, I get just "Array"

Answer 1

mysql_* functions are now deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore.
Your code isn't working because you need to use mysqli_fetch_array() in order to retrieve the actual data in the table using a DB connection handler
Try using something like this :
//Create DB connection
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","root","password","Torch");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
// Perform queries
$result = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT money FROM table WHERE name = '$player'") or die(mysqli_error($con));
//Retrieve the info(row) from the retrieved recordset and loop through it
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array( $result )) {
//Retrieve the needed field from the row
$data=$row['money'];
//do your stuff here
}
//Close connection
mysqli_close($con);
BTW Don't forget to sanitize your inputs.

Answer 2

mysql_query() statement returns a resource pointer to the result set, not the data itself. You'll need to use mysql_fetch_array() in order to retrieve the actual data in the table.
here's the sol
$row = mysql_fetch_array($playerbal);
$data = $row['money'];
echo $data;

Answer 3

If you want to get all rows of money column then use this code-
mysql_connect('localhost',"root","password");
mysql_select_db("Torch");
$playerbal = mysql_query("SELECT money FROM table WHERE name = '{$player}'");
while($data = mysql_fetch_array($playerbal)){
echo $data[0]; //there is only one column so this column is stored into 0 index.
}