OK,
got it to work, finally. Thanks Cy for the code. I had to modify it from:
$imagelink = $row[imagelink];
echo '<img src="$imagelink">';
to:
$imagelink = $row["column_name"];
echo "<img src=$imagelink> ";
I had to remove the " " around the variable and add " " around the column name. Hope others can benefit from this! If one doesn't work for you try the other.