Print sql query on localhost - php

Question

I have a SQL query in my PHP file that makes use of some variables in it. I want to print the query itself on the localhost to check as to whether the entire query is been executed or not.
My query is like this:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM sample WHERE col01 LIKE '%$abc%',$db);
I am trying to print the query using echo $result but get Resource id #25 on localhost. I want to print Select * FROM ... as the output. Is there any way?

Answer 1

First of all: You are missing a double quote: $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM sample WHERE col01 LIKE '%$abc%'",$db).
That said, what stops you from
$sql="SELECT * FROM sample WHERE col01 LIKE '%$abc%'";
$result = mysql_query($sql,$db);
echo $sql;

Answer 2

If you were using PDO (and you should, the old mysql_ functions are deprecated and insecure) you could just use PDOStatement->queryString property to view the query at a later time.

Answer 3

Store as a variable $sql
Its normal, first you need to fetch that resource obj
And anyway you missing a double quote,
example.
$sql = "SELECT * FROM sample WHERE col01 LIKE '%$abc%'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while ($line = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
echo $line->colname ."\n";
}
echo "\n" . ' query: ' . $sql
And from PHP 5.5.0 and beyond use mysqli
$sql = "SELECT * FROM sample WHERE col01 LIKE '%$abc%'";
if ($result = $mysqliobj->query($sql)) {
while($line= $result->fetch_object()){
echo = $line->colname ."\n";
}
}
echo "\n" . ' query: ' . $sql
or print_r($mysqliobj->info); # store las query