Basic PHP/MySQL Error with mysql_fetch_array() - php

Question

The error I get:
...mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given...
awayid is in the address bar properly. I can print it out just fine, but for some reason the following code gives me the above error.
$result = mysql_query("select * from team where id=" . $_GET['awayid']);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
EDIT Tried the mysql_error(). It seems I forgot to select a database... however, even why I use mysql_select_db('gamelydb'); I still get the mysql error No database selected

Answer 1

Your query is failing... Therefore $result is set to false.
$result = mysql_query("select * from team where id=" . $_GET['awayid']);
var_dump($result); // bool(false)
Call mysql_error() to get the error message for your query:
echo mysql_error();

Answer 2

Your query is failing and returning a boolean FALSE. Try this:
$result = mysql_query("select ...") or die(mysql_error());
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^---- add this
This will kill the script and show you the exact reason the query is failing.

Answer 3

mysql_query() returns false if the query is unsuccessful, i.e. an error occured. That is why you need to check $result for being false first.
Use mysql_error() to output the error.

Answer 4

You need to be sure there is results from your query :
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
// echo $row[] ... ;
}

Answer 5

First of all, your query is very open to SQL injection attacks. Do not directly insert anything from $_GET or $_POST (or really anywhere) into your query. At the minimum, use mysql_real_escape_string on the variable.
mysql_query is returning false becuase there is something wrong with the query. You can use mysql_error to see what the last reported error is.

Answer 6

if ($result = mysql_query("select * from team where id='" . $_GET['awayid']) . "'") {
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
}
else {
echo mysql_error();
}
Anyway...you know that writing a $_GET parameter right into the SQL query is very very bad? Try it with PHP Data Objects.

Answer 7

Did you try and search around first Tory, we answer these questions over and over again, next time please search around.
The reason why this error occurs is because your running a query with mysql_query that fails, because it fails it returns false, you then pass the value of false to mysql_fetch_array, it's like doing mysql_fetch_array(false)
You need to make sure that mysql_query is successful:
try something like this:
if(false !== ($result = mysql_query("select * from team where id=" . $_GET['awayid'])))
{
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
}else
{
die("Query has failed: " . mysql_error())
}