data into html from mysql using php

clifford

Can you beleive I'm still struggling with this?..🙂
<html>
<body>
<?php

$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root");

mysql_select_db("mydb",$db);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM employees",$db);
//next line is the second fix from phpbuilders
printf ("First: ". mysql_result($result,0,'first')." \n");

// next line is the first fix from phpbuilders
//echo "First: ". mysql_result($result,0,'first')." \n";

//echo("First: %s \n", mysql_result($result,0,"first"));
//echo("Last: %s \n", mysql_result($result,0,"last"));
//echo("Address: %s \n", mysql_result($result,0,"address"));
//echo("Position: %s \n", mysql_result($result,0,"position"));

?>
</body>
</html>
What am I doing wrong?

tuf-web_co_uk

please dont cross post!

stolzyboy

YES, DON'T DOUBLE POST!!!!

IT IS A RULE WE HAVE HERE!!!!

AND CHECK YOUR OTHER POST I REPLIED THERE WITH HELP!!!!

clifford

Thank you, sorry for the double post. It's not resolved yet, but I like to try different things before I give up and ask for assistance again. I think I may have figured out the problem, syntax...Thanks! I'll follow up later at the other post...