[SOLVED] fetch array not working like I thought it would

[cluce]

I am trying to post a detail message and say who the message was posted by. (the owner of the message) but it doesnt work quite right it says posted by the word "ARRAY". Some reason its not getting the name from the database.

 

Can someone tell me why this is?  here is my code..

//get owner of post
$get_owner_sql = "SELECT post_owner FROM forum_posts WHERE topic_id = '".$_GET["topic_id"]."'";
$get_owner = mysqli_query($mysqli,$get_owner_sql);
$post_owner = mysqli_fetch_array($get_owner);

//create the display string
$display_block = "
<p>Showing posts for the <strong>".$topic_title."</strong> topic by ".$post_owner.":</p>
<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" border=\"1\" bordercolor=\"#000000\">
<tr>
<th>POST</th>
</tr>";

[Psycho]

That's because mysqli_fetch_array() fetches, well, an array! In your case it is an array with one value. But, you still need to reference the value as an array with: $post_owner['post_owner']

 

 

[cluce]

thanks