db_result

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Definition

db_result($result)
includes/database.pgsql.inc, line 205

Description

Return an individual result field from the previous query.

Only use this function if exactly one field is being selected; otherwise, use db_fetch_object() or db_fetch_array().

Parameters

$result A database query result resource, as returned from db_query().

Return value

The resulting field or FALSE.

Related topics

Name	Description
Database abstraction layer	Allow the use of different database servers using the same code base.

Code

<?php
function db_result($result) {
  if ($result && pg_num_rows($result) > 0) {
    $array = pg_fetch_row($result);
    return $array[0];
  }
  return FALSE;
}
?>