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I'm trying to get value from database, here is my code:

function client() {
    $code=$_GET['actvcode'];
    $db = mysql_connect('localhost','root','0000');

    if (!$db) die("Error connecting to MySQL database.");

    mysql_query('SET NAMES utf8');
    mysql_select_db("test" ,$db);
    $query = 'SELECT client FROM cmum_codes WHERE code="'. mysql_real_escape_string( $code ) .'"';

    if (!($result = @mysql_query($query))) {
        die(mysql_error());
    }

    $str = $result;
    return $str;
}

I always get the word "Array", what is wrong?

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I imagine you're doing this echo client(); is that the case? –  Dale Jun 9 '13 at 22:08
    
yes i'll get name of client from actvcode –  Ashraf Damra Jun 9 '13 at 22:15
    
Thanks for all Joust I've Toggle $str = $result; return $str; with $rows = mysql_fetch_array($result); return $rows['client']; –  Ashraf Damra Jun 9 '13 at 23:22
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Assuming you're only expecting one result (in which case you should add LIMIT 1 to your MySQL query), you must use mysql_fetch_array:

return mysql_fetch_array($result);

Which will return the row, so when you call the client function:

$client = client();
echo $client['field_you_want_to_echo'];

Of course, you should look into the mysqli extension instead of the deprecated mysql.

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function client() { $code=$_GET['actvcode']; $db = mysql_connect('localhost','root','0000'); if(!$db) die("Error connecting to MySQL database."); mysql_query('SET NAMES utf8'); mysql_select_db("test" ,$db); $query = 'SELECT client FROM cmum_codes WHERE code="'. mysql_real_escape_string( $code ) .'"'; if (!($result = @mysql_query($query))) { die(mysql_error()); } return mysql_fetch_array($result); $client = client(); echo $client['client']; } –  Ashraf Damra Jun 9 '13 at 22:30
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mysql_query doesn't return your resultset, it returns a MySQL resource. You need to then use mysql_fetch_array. You shouldn't be using any of the mysql_ functions as they're deprecated. Instead, use either MySQLi or PDO.

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You must use mysql_fetch_array($resul) and add it on a variable for exemple $array and use ... foreach to get result
Foreach($array as $str){ echo $str; }

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