Posted by amygdala on 04/16/07 22:20

"dangerd" <duncanelliot@breathe.com> schreef in bericht
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> Hi there,
>
> I have another trivial question. In the PHP manual, the description
> section often contains the following elements:
>
> Description
>
> array mysql_fetch_array ( resource $result [, int $result_type] )
>
> I am wondering what is a ( resource $result [, int $result_type] )?
> What is a result $result and why the [,int $result_type])
>
> Thanks
>

The square brackets tell you it's an optional parameter that can be passed
to the function.

And about the resource, from the PHP manual:

A resource is a special variable, holding a reference to an external
resource. Resources are created and used by special functions

In this case the resource is a result set from a sql query.

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