Posted by Hendri Kurniawan on 03/23/07 04:01

Karl Groves wrote:
> I'm trying to run mysql_fetch_array with a variable in place of the
> optional result type constant, like so
>
> mysql_fetch_array($result, $rtype) where, obviously, $rtype is one of the
> three valid values for the result type. This throws an error:
> "mysql_fetch_array() [function.mysql-fetch-array]: The result type should
> be either MYSQL_NUM, MYSQL_ASSOC or MYSQL_BOTH."
>
> I'm not quite sure what the issue here is, other than that I'm replacing a
> constant with a variable. I'm looking for a solution that will allow me to
> (variably) be able to dictate this value.
>
> TIA
>

I assume your variable $rtype contains string of the constants.
"MYSQL_NUM, MYSQL_ASSOC or MYSQL_BOTH" are CONSTANTS.
As such, $rtype need to contains the value of the constants.
ie. assign $rtype = MYSQL_NUM *NOT* $rtype = 'MYSQL_NUM'
(Note the quote)

Hendri

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