How to reuse the resulted variable after executing a mysql query - php

Question

I am executing a query like this (PHP + MySQL):
$query = "SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE 1";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
// PHP Statement
}
I want to use the same result again on the same page then i need to execute query again like this:
$query = "SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE 1";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
// PHP Code
}
then it works. But if I use only
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
// PHP Code
}
Then it doesn't work. Is there any other way to use the result many times on the same page without executing query every time?
I know i can use the same result to make an array. but is there any other way?

Answer 1

I believe mysql_data_seek will do this for you.
<?php
function mysql_pointer_position($result_set) {
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result_set);
$i = 0;
while($result = mysql_fetch_array($result_set)) {
$i++;
}
$pointer_position = $num_rows - $i;
//Return pointer to original position
if($pointer_position <= $num_rows - 1) {
mysql_data_seek($result_set, $pointer_position);
}
return $pointer_position;
}
?>