retrieve the last 5 entries in database php pdo - php

Question

$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM events ORDER by event_id DESC LIMIT 5") ;
$stmt->bindValue(1,$eventwhat);
$stmt->execute();
if ($selected_row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
while($selected_row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
$_SESSION['id'] = $selected_row['event_id'];
$_SESSION['searchresultwhat'] = $selected_row['event_what'];
$_SESSION['searchresultwhere'] = $selected_row['event_where'];
$_SESSION['searchresultwhen'] = $selected_row['event_when'];
$_SESSION['searchresultwho'] = $selected_row['event_who'];
echo $_SESSION['id']."\r\n";
echo $_SESSION['searchresultwhat']."\r\n";
echo $_SESSION['searchresultwhere']."\r\n";
echo $_SESSION['searchresultwhen']."\r\n";
echo $_SESSION['searchresultwho']."\r\n";
echo "<br/>\n";
}
}
i have the code above to echo the last 5 entries in my database but the problem is it only show 4 it does not get the last 5 so when i have i entry only it does not show anything..what am i missing here why is the last entry not being retrieve?

Answer 1

remove if condition and do like below
$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM events ORDER by event_id DESC LIMIT 5") ;
$stmt->bindValue(1,$eventwhat);
$stmt->execute();
while($selected_row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
$_SESSION['id'] = $selected_row['event_id'];
$_SESSION['searchresultwhat'] = $selected_row['event_what'];
$_SESSION['searchresultwhere'] = $selected_row['event_where'];
$_SESSION['searchresultwhen'] = $selected_row['event_when'];
$_SESSION['searchresultwho'] = $selected_row['event_who'];
echo $_SESSION['id']."\r\n";
echo $_SESSION['searchresultwhat']."\r\n";
echo $_SESSION['searchresultwhere']."\r\n";
echo $_SESSION['searchresultwhen']."\r\n";
echo $_SESSION['searchresultwho']."\r\n";
echo "<br/>\n";
}
Your if condition fetaches first row and so while will fetch remaining 4 rows

Answer 2

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