What causes a query to exclude first record - php

Question

PHP and MySQL:What causes a query to exclude the first record in a table:
for example i have a script like this:
$query = "SELECT * FROM cars WHERE car_name = 'BMW'";
$results = mysql_query($query);
echo "<table border='1'>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<th>Vehicle Name:<th>";
echo "</tr>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$name = $row['car_name'];
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>$name<td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
All rows are returned except the first one.Please help a brother out folks.

Answer 1

Not an answer, but too long for a comment:
Let's take a peak at your table cars.
What does
$qs = array(
array('total #rows', 'SELECT Count(*) FROM cars'),
array('#BMW', "SELECT Count(*) FROM cars WHERE car_name='BMW'"),
array('#LIKE BMW', "SELECT Count(*) FROM cars WHERE car_name LIKE '%BMW%'"),
array('#car_names', "SELECT Count(*) FROM (SELECT distinct car_name as foo FROM cars) as bar")
);
foreach( $qs as $query ) {
echo $query[0], "<br />\r\n";
$result = mysql_query($query[1]) or die(mysql_error());
while ( false!==($row=mysql_fetch_row($result)) ) {
echo ' ', $row[0], "\r\n";
}
}
print if placed in your script instead of your posted code?
The output should be something like
total #rows<br />
6
#BMW<br />
2
#LIKE BMW<br />
3
#car_names<br />
4
BTW: the mysql_* extension is deprecated,
see http://docs.php.net/manual/en/mysqlinfo.api.choosing.php

Answer 2

EDIT
If two or more columns of the result have the same field names, the last
column will take precedence. To access the other column(s) of the same name,
you must use the numeric index of the column or make an alias for the
column. For aliased columns, you cannot access the contents with the
original column name
You are using mysql_fetch_array and this is what it says in the documentation. I never use mysql* functions so I wouldn't have jumped to this type of conclusion quickly. Use mysql_fetch_assoc($results) and I'm 99% sure it will resolve your issue. The why this would be different is in the paragraph above from the documentation. I assume your first row is identical to at least 1 of the below rows. Which means it is very likely you're missing more than just the first one. May or may not be the case.
END EDIT
Add 4 things to your code.
echo "<tr>";
echo "<th>ID</th>"; // THIS
echo "<th>Vehicle Name:</th>"; // Add closing tags........
echo "</tr>";
echo mysql_num_rows($results); // THIS (compare this to your MYSQL output row count)
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($results)){ **THIS... you have $results set with query, but $result here*** make sure both are $results OR $result
$id = $row['YOUR_AI_ID']; // THIS
$name = $row['car_name'];
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>$id</td>"; // THIS
echo "<td>$name</td>"; // Add closing tags.......
echo "</tr>";
}
Go go do now. Come back with results.