Php Sql Random


 

Php Sql Random

This example illustrates how to fetch random data from database table.

This example illustrates how to fetch random data from database table.

Php Sql Random

This example illustrates how to fetch random data from database table.

In this example we create select statement with ORDER BY RAND() clause. The RAND() clause is used to fetch data from table randomly. The output display on the browser  as below, when refresh the browser data fetched randomly from table.

 

Table: users

 

Source Code of sql_random.php 

<?php
  $con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","root");
  if (!$con){
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }
  mysql_select_db("test", $con);

  $result = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM users ORDER BY RAND()");

  if (!$result) {
    echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();
    exit;
  }

  $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
  echo "<b>Email: </b>";
  echo $row['email']."<br>";
?>

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Output:

 

Ads