php get mysql result not as array, but as text - php

Question

I want to get text result like:
+----+-------+----------------------------------+----+
| id | login | pwd | su |
+----+-------+----------------------------------+----+
| 1 | root | c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b | 1 |
+----+-------+----------------------------------+----+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
in PHP (string).
Example in php:
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users");
for (; $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query); $data[] = $row);
I get array of arrays ($data):
$data =
0 => (id=>1, login=>root..)
But i want to get this as string:
+----+-------+----------------------------------+----+
| id | login | pwd | su |
+----+-------+----------------------------------+----+
| 1 | root | c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b | 1 |
+----+-------+----------------------------------+----+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
By the way for query "insert into users set login = 'sp', pwd = 1, su = 0", this string must be "Query OK, 1 row affected, 2 warnings (0.18 sec)".
Like sql terminal though php!

Answer 1

Either invoke mysql client as an external command, or build the ASCII drawing table yourself. You can't get it purely by using PHP's MySQL library functions. Off the top of my head,
$result = `echo 'SELECT * FROM users' | mysql --user=username --password=password dbname`;
(ugly, slow, insecure, don't recommend); or simply get it as the array, iterate, and decorate with plusses imitating what mysql does (recommended). It's really easy.
However, I have no clue why you'd want that, unless you're using your PHP program as a command-line tool.

Answer 2

Collect the database result into an array of arrays(your $data variable is correct)
echo ascii_table($data);
I stole the following from someone named stereofrog
function ascii_table($data) {
$keys = array_keys(end($data));
# calculate optimal width
$wid = array_map('strlen', $keys);
foreach($data as $row) {
foreach(array_values($row) as $k => $v)
$wid[$k] = max($wid[$k], strlen($v));
}
# build format and separator strings
foreach($wid as $k => $v) {
$fmt[$k] = "%-{$v}s";
$sep[$k] = str_repeat('-', $v);
}
$fmt = '| ' . implode(' | ', $fmt) . ' |';
$sep = '+-' . implode('-+-', $sep) . '-+';
# create header
$buf = array($sep, vsprintf($fmt, $keys), $sep);
# print data
foreach($data as $row) {
$buf[] = vsprintf($fmt, $row);
$buf[] = $sep;
}
# finis
return implode("\n", $buf);
}

Answer 3

You can please query the following sql:
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(id, ' | ', login, ' | ', pwd, ' | ', su)
AS 'User Object' FROM users group by id
Result Would Be: