Trying to translate a MySQL query into a PHP query - php

Question

I'm still kinda new to PHP and MySQL and I've tried so many times to do this and I just can't figure out how.
I have a query that returns the results I want in PHPMyAdmin as a straight MySQL query but I'm trying to get this to generate on a webpage using a PHP $query and I just can't get the syntax right.
this is the working MySQL query:
SELECT fk_toon_no, fk_actor_no, actor_no, actor FROM cartoon_characters,
characters WHERE fk_toon_no=50 HAVING fk_actor_no=actor_no;
The kicker is that I also want to have a variable $new_toon_id as the = for the WHERE statement, so, something like: (but only displaying the row as I will eventually plug this into a table and know how to do that fine)
WHERE fk_toon_no=$new_toon_id
fk_actor_no is the foreign key of the cartoon_characters table to the primary key actor_no in the characters table.
I'm trying to get it so that I can print out every character associated with a particular cartoon so it would look something like
(toon id) (character id #) (character name)
($fk_toon_no) (actor_no) (actor)
3 5 Eisenhower
3 9 Nixon
3 12 Uncle Sam
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I think I've included all the relevant information but if I forgot anything please ask.
I'm in desperate need of help. Thanks!!

Answer 1

$query=<<<HERE
SELECT fk_toon_no, fk_actor_no, actor_no, actor FROM cartoon_characters,
characters WHERE fk_toon_no='50' HAVING fk_actor_no=actor_no;
HERE;
$send=mysql_qyery($query);
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($send))
{
echo $row["fk_toon_no"];
echo "<br />"
echo $row[fk_actor_no];
}
This should do the trick.