Handle query results properly multiple rows and columns - php

Question

I want to do a a query to a mysql database that returns multiple rows and columns. I then want to assign the results to a variable and echo them out later in the page. However, the method I am using is long, tedious, and for this project impractical. here is what I am doing.
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM people WHERE open_or_closed !='Closed' ORDER BY
number",$c) or die("two");
$number=mysql_num_rows($result);
if($mynumber>0){
$data= mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_ASSOC);
$full_name1=mysql_result($result,0, 'full_name');
$phone_number1=mysql_result($result,0, 'phone_number');
$one=1;
}
if($mynumber>1){
$full_name2=mysql_result($result,1, 'full_name');
$phone_number2=mysql_result($result,1, 'phone_number');
$two=2;
}
Later when I want to echo it, I will not know if there is a record there or not, so I will have to
<?php if($one==1){echo '<div id="blackline"></div>';}?>
<div id="titletext"><?php echo $full_name1; ?></div><br />
<div id="datetext"><?php echo $phone_number1; ?></div>

Answer 1

Try this
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM people WHERE open_or_closed !='Closed' ORDER BY
number",$c) or die("two");
$number=mysql_num_rows($result);
if($number>0)
{
$i=0;
while($row_result = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$full_name[$i][] = $row_result['full_name'];
$phone_number[$i][] = $row_result['phone_number'];
$i++;
}
}