Simple php + mysql printing a variable from a database - php

Question

sorry to bother you all but I'm really struggling with this one:
I connect to my database fine and then I try the following mysql statements:
$query1 = "select row1 from mydatabase where row2 = $Name ";
$answer1 = mysql_query($query1);
However, a few lines later when I try :
echo $answer1;
I'm given only nulls :(
Can anyone give me any suggestions please?
edit:
SQL logins:
mysql_connect("correct", "username", "password");
mysql_select_db("dbname") or die(mysql_error());

Answer 1

everything you did is right you have just to fetch the data like this:
$query1 = "select row1 from mydatabase where row2 = $Name ";
$answer1 = mysql_query($query1);
while($data= mysql_fetch_array($answer1)){
echo $data['row1'];
}
And this is a complet answer, i adjust it as you need ;)
<?php
//Connect to your database
$con=mysqli_connect("db_hostname","db_user","db_password","db_name");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
//Value of the row to select
$row2 = 'some value';
//Make select query
$result = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT row1 FROM MyTable WHERE row2='$row2'");
//Fetch datas
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row['row1'];
echo "<br>";
}
//Close database
mysqli_close($con);
?>
Good Luck :)

Answer 2

Try using MySQLi_* instead MySQL_* functions and pass the connection variable to the function calls.
If this doesn't work then you might want to try some further debugging by enabling all error reporting and dumping the global scope.
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL); // Show all errors & warnings
$conn = mysqli_connect("server", "username", "password");
mysqli_select_db($conn, "dbname") or die(mysql_error());
$sql1 = "SELECT `row1` FROM `mydatabase` WHERE `row2` = '".$Name."';";
$query1 = mysqli_query($conn, $sql1);
$answer1 = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query1);
var_dump($GLOBALS); // Dumps all variables in the global scope
?>

Answer 3

add this after $answer1= mysql_query($query1);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($answer1)) {
// echo data
echo $row['row1'];
}