How can I place the SELECTED elements from database into a variable - php

Question

How can I place these elements into a variable?
$user_information = $connect->prepare("SELECT email, gender, firstname, middlename, FROM members");
like
$firstname = 'firstname';
$gender = 'gender';
$email = 'email';
how can I do this
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If you are using PDO
$user_information ->execute();
$result = $user_information->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$firstname = $result['firstname'];
$gender = $result['gender'];
$email = $result['email'];
if you are using mysqli
$user_information->execute();
$user_information->bind_result($firstname, $gender, $email);
$user_information->fetch();
printf("%s, %s, %s\n", $firstname, $gender, $email);
$user_information ->close();

Answer 2

If you are using PHP and PDO, you can use the in the fetch method to get an object using PDO::FETCH_OBJ. http://de3.php.net/manual/en/pdostatement.fetch.php
$result = $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
print $result->NAME;

Answer 3

list($email, $gender, $firstname, $middlename) = $user_information;
For more info check LIST function # PHP docs.

Answer 4

if it returns an object you can get it like;
$firstname = $user_information->firstname;
$gender = $user_information->gender;
$email = $user_information->email;
or if it returns an array;
$firstname = $user_information["firstname"];
$gender = $user_information["gender"];
$email = $user_information["email"];