Putting MySQL data into an array - php

Question

I've tried for a couple of days to get all of the data from a MySQL column and put it inside an array, formatted in the following way:
$aSpam= array
( '.info'=> 'i'
, 'anal'=> 'i'
, 'anus'=> 'i'
, 'arse'=> 'i'
)
I've managed to echo it out formatted properly as you can see here: http://www.yourgrumble.com/phpbbforum/getSpam.php
with the following PHP code:
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "pass";
$dbname = "db";
// Create connection
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
$sql = "SELECT `SpamWord` FROM spamWords";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
$counter = 0;
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
if($counter){
echo ", '" . $row["SpamWord"]. "'=> 'i'";
$counter++;
} else {
echo "'" . $row["SpamWord"]. "'=> 'i'";
$counter++;
}
}
} else {
echo "Error!";
}
$conn->close();
?>
I've read and tried more than 10 solutions found in the web and here at stackoverflow, however none of them worked. I've really got desperate and I cannot get through this without your help guys.
Edit
For example I tried with this solution, but it didn't work:
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$new_array[$row['id']]['SpamWord'] = $row['SpamWord'];
}
foreach($new_array as $array)
{
echo $array['SpamWord'].'<br />';
}
Thank you all in advance,
Denis Saidov

Answer 1

Try like below:-
$sql = "SELECT `SpamWord` FROM spamWords";
$result = mysqli_query($conn ,$sql) or die(mysqli_error($conn));
$resultArray = array(); // create an array
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$resultArray[$row["SpamWord"]] = 'i'; // assing value
}
} else {
echo "Error!";
}
echo "<pre/>";print_r($resultArray); // print array
$conn->close();
Note: Here you will get your original array containing all SpamWord values comes from database.thanks

Answer 2

PHP array's are like dictionnaries (a list of key/value pairs)
First, before your loop, create your array empty:
$new_array = Array();
while...
Then for each column, you append the column value as a new key for the array
$new_array[$row['SpamWord']] = "i";
As in your example, I put "i" as the value for each array's row.