mysql_fetch_array does not retrieve all rows - php

Question

$query = "SELECT * FROM table";
$result = mysql_query($query, $db);
$all = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
echo mysql_num_rows($result) . ":" . count($all);
This returns
2063:7
I have not used count before, so I'm not 100% sure it's not counting the table columns. It's late and I might be going nuts.
Here's another example of what's happening:
$result = mysql_query($query, $db);
echo "Rows: " . mysql_num_rows($result) . " <BR />";
$player_array = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($player_array);
echo "</pre>";
Which outputs:
Rows: 9
Array
(
[playerID] => 10000030
)
TL;DR: I submit queries which return multiple rows, but fetch_array only gives me a small portion of those rows in the resulting array.

Answer 1

mysql_fetch_assoc returns only one row in once you have to use loop to retrieve all rows
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
print_r($row);
}

Answer 2

Every call to mysql_fetch_assoc($result); gives you one row of the result set:
(from the documentation)
mysql_fetch_assoc — Fetch a result row as an associative array
Returns an associative array that corresponds to the fetched row and moves the internal data pointer ahead. mysql_fetch_assoc() is equivalent to calling mysql_fetch_array() with MYSQL_ASSOC for the optional second parameter. It only returns an associative array.
You have to use the function in a loop:
$all = array();
while(($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))) {
$all[] = $row;
}
The example in the document shows how it is done.

Answer 3

mysql_fetch_assoc doesn't work that way, you need to call it multiple times to get all rows. Like this:
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($db_result))
{
print_r($row);
}