Get row from SQL with PHP - php

Question

I am using the following method to query from my SQL database:
function query() {
global $link;
$debug = false;
//get the sql query
$args = func_get_args();
$sql = array_shift($args);
//secure the input
for ($i=0;$i<count($args);$i++) {
$args[$i] = urldecode($args[$i]);
$args[$i] = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $args[$i]);
}
//build the final query
$sql = vsprintf($sql, $args);
if ($debug) print $sql;
//execute and fetch the results
$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql);
if (mysqli_errno($link)==0 && $result) {
$rows = array();
if ($result!==true)
while ($d = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
array_push($rows,$d);
}
//return json
return array('result'=>$rows);
} else {
//error
return array('error'=>'Database error');
}
}
$result = $result = query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email='$email' limit 1");
$name = (what goes here?)
I am trying to get the string name from users, how can I do this?

Answer 1

If your query is right then
try this:
function query() {
global $link;
$debug = false;
//get the sql query
$args = func_get_args();
$sql = array_shift($args);
//secure the input
for ($i=0;$i<count($args);$i++) {
$args[$i] = urldecode($args[$i]);
$args[$i] = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $args[$i]);
}
//build the final query
$sql = vsprintf($sql, $args);
if ($debug) print $sql;
//execute and fetch the results
$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql);
if (mysqli_errno($link)==0 && $result) {
$rows = array();
if ($result!==true)
while ($d = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
array_push($rows,$d);
}
//return json
return array('result'=>$rows);
} else {
//error
return array('error'=>'Database error');
}
}
$result = query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email='$email' limit 1");
$name = $result['result'][0]['name'];

Answer 2

You forgot to pass the value to the function
function query($sql) {
global $link;
$debug = false;
//get the sql query
$args = func_get_args();
$sql = array_shift($args);
//secure the input
for ($i=0;$i<count($args);$i++) {
$args[$i] = urldecode($args[$i]);
$args[$i] = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $args[$i]);
}
//build the final query
$sql = vsprintf($sql, $args);
if ($debug) print $sql;
//execute and fetch the results
$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql);
if (mysqli_errno($link)==0 && $result) {
$rows = array();
if ($result!==true)
while ($d = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
array_push($rows,$d);
}
//return json
return array('result'=>$rows);
} else {
//error
return array('error'=>'Database error');
}
}
$result = $result = query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email='$email' limit 1")

Answer 3

$name = "";
if(! isset($result["error"]) and isset($result["name"])) // check it returns error or not. then check name field exist or not.
{
$name = $result["name"];
}
echo $name;