Syntax for PHP while($row =mysql_fetch_row...? - php

Question

I am trying to send SMS to multiple recipients. The code I am trying to achieve this is like this:
The problem I am facing is the message is being delivered to only the first record in the table.
Need some help, what & where I am going wrong?
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT name,mobile FROM members");
if (!$result) {
echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();
exit;
}
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
$mobile=$row[1];
$name=$row[0];
$request = "";
$param['mobileno'] = "91". $mobile;
$param['message'] = "Dear $name (organisation name) wishes you a very very Happy Birthday";
$param['username'] = "username";
$param['password'] = "password";
$param['sendername'] = "sender";
foreach ($param as $key => $val ){$request .= $key . "=" . urlencode($val);
$request .= "&";}$request = substr( $request, 0, strlen( $request ) - 1 );
$url = "http://smsapi" . $request;
$ch = curl_init($url);curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url );
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$result = curl_exec($ch);
var_dump($result);exit;
curl_close( $ch );
}

Answer 1

You need to stick to Joomla coding standards. Don't go using mysql_* functions as they are deprecated and pose security threats.
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$query->select('*')
->from('members');
$db->setQuery($query);
$rows = $db->loadObjectList();
while($rows){
foreach ( $rows as $row ) {
$mobile = $row->mobile;
$name = $row->name;
}
//rest of code
}