PHP get value from mysql query

[fheppell]

I've written this code to

<?php $getnamequery = "SELECT cat_title FROM store_categories WHERE id = '$catid'";?>
<?php $cat_name = mysql_query($getnamequery) or die(mysql_error());?>

What would happen is the variable $catid would be filled in with a number, for instance 1.
The table store_categories looks like this

id   cat_title
1    Humor
2    Biographies

ect...

If $catid is equal to 1 I want to get the string humor.
I've tried this php code
<?php echo $cat_name['cat_title'];?>

But it returns nothing

[broj1]

The mysql_query function returns a resource not a row. The resource is a special php type that can be used to retrieve rows. You can use the mysql_fetch_row() function to fetch rows

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($cat_name)) {
    echo $row['cat_title'];
}

Please note that $cat_name is a misleading name for a variable holding the resource result. $result would be more appropriate.

And another note which is being repeated quite often these days: try to switch to newer and safer mysqli extension and drop the old mysql which is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0.

[fheppell]

Still coming up as blank. Here's how i've used the code

<?php do { ?>
      <?php $catid = $row_Items['id'];?>
      <!--SELECT cat_title FROM store_categories WHERE id = '1'-->
      <?php $getnamequery = "SELECT cat_title FROM store_categories WHERE id = '$catid'";?>
      <?php $cat_result = mysql_query($getnamequery) or die(mysql_error());?>

        <tr>
          <td><?php echo $row_Items['id']; ?></td>
          <td><?php  while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($cat_result)) {
    echo $row['cat_title'];
    }?></td>
          <td><?php echo $row_Items['item_title']; ?></td>
          <td><?php echo $row_Items['item_price']; ?></td>
          <td><?php echo substr($row_Items['item_desc'], 0, 31);?>...</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_Items['item_image']; ?></td>
          <td><a href="edit.php?id=<?php echo $row_Items['id']; ?>">Edit</a>
        </tr>
        <?php } while ($row_Items = mysql_fetch_assoc($Items)); ?>

[fheppell]

Oops, sorry. My bad, Another bit of code was wrong which was causing it to break.
Thanks for your help!

[broj1]

Ok, so is the problem solved now?

Another recommendation: try to mix php and html as little as possible. The code will be far more manageable. Happy coding.

[fheppell]

Everything is working now and thanks for the tips.