There are 3 main ways to fetch results from a query:
sqlsrv_fetch_array()
retrieves the next row as an array.
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);
while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($stmt)) {
echo $row[0];
$var = $row["name"];
//...
}
sqlsrv_fetch_array()
has an optional second parameter to fetch back different types of array: SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC
, SQLSRV_FETCH_NUMERIC
and SQLSRV_FETCH_BOTH
(default) can be used; each returns the associative, numeric, or associative and numeric arrays, respectively.
sqlsrv_fetch_object()
retrieves the next row as an object.
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);
while($obj = sqlsrv_fetch_object($stmt)) {
echo $obj->field; // Object property names are the names of the fields from the query
//...
}
sqlsrv_fetch()
makes the next row available for reading.
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);
while(sqlsrv_fetch($stmt) === true) {
$foo = sqlsrv_get_field($stmt, 0); //gets the first field -
}