How To use a WHERE clause
The code below prints out our APCS table for all rows whose id is greater than 5
<?php
$selectTable = "SELECT * FROM apcs WHERE id > 5";
$selectEntireTable= mysql_query($selectTable ) or die(mysql_error());
while($rowFromTable = mysql_fetch_array($selectEntireTable) )
{
echo $rowFromTable['firstName'] . ' '. $rowFromTable['lastName'] . ": age =" . $rowFromTable['age'] .
', grade = ' .$rowFromTable['gradeLevel'] . ', unique id = ' . $rowFromTable['id'] .
'
';
}
?>
Compound WHERE clause
You can also have compound conditions in a WHERE clause.
$selectTable = "SELECT * FROM apcs WHERE id > 5 AND gradeLevel < 12";
$selectEntireTable= mysql_query($selectTable ) or die(mysql_error());
while($rowFromTable = mysql_fetch_array($selectEntireTable) )
{
echo $rowFromTable['firstName'] . ' '. $rowFromTable['lastName'] . ": age =" . $rowFromTable['age'] .
', grade = ' .$rowFromTable['gradeLevel'] . ', unique id = ' . $rowFromTable['id'] .
'
';
}